Puzzle
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An old man is lonely after the death of his wife. To fight his boredom, he spends his days making puzzles. The living room walls display dozens of puzzles carefully assembled over his monotonous days. Then one day the old man finds a mysterious box at his doorstep. Inside the box are puzzle pieces. Driven by the desire to discover what it represents, the old man commences to assemble the puzzle. While doing so, strange and uncanny events begin to occur around him.
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- Executive Producer : oriGine films
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- Executive Producers : Olivier Berlemont, Émilie Dubois
- Screenwriter : Rémy Rondeau
- Director of Photography : Elric Lefeuvre
- Music Composer : Rémy Rondeau
- Assistant director : Sonia Mandelbaum
- Editor : Yoann Gourdon
- Sound Recordist : N'Dembo Ziavoula
- Assistant Operators : Agnès Jeanneau, Marc Stef
- Production manager : Émilie Dubois
- Sound editor : Julie Tribout
- Continuity supervisor : Mélanie Parent-Chauveau
- Production Designer : Léa Philippon
- Special Effects : Damien Delannoy, Ariel Delebecque
- Sound mixer : Julie Tribout
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Horror
- Themes : Ageing, Horror, Death
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 14 min 14 seconds
- Visa number : 138.206
- Visa issue date : 22/08/2014
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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