Synopsis
The man, lost in a forest, at dawn, at twilight, he looks for the animal. Far off he hears braying. He gets closer while answering the animal. A dialogue settles in between them. The man finds the animal on the border of a field. After a first contact made by breaths and by caresses, the man and the animal play and run At the end of the day, sleeping in a field, the animal watches over, the man falls asleep, a voice rises. The text is an extract adapted from the Dream of a Summer Night: The Dream of Bottom. But can we explain a dream?
Credits
Director (1)
Actor (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Urban Factory
- Film exports/foreign sales : Urban Sales
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Frédéric Corvez
- Screenwriter : David Mandineau
- Director of Photography : Sébastien Perron
- Music Composer : Nicolas Lespagnol-Rizzi
- Assistant director : Émilie Fouilloux
- Editor : Alexandra Strauss
- Sound Recordist : Nicolas Lespagnol-Rizzi
- Costume designer : Fabienne Touzi Dit Terzi
- Production Manager : Frédéric Corvez
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale, Research - Experimental
- Themes : Circus, Fauna, Environment
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 9 min
- Visa number : 141.138
- Visa issue date : 15/12/2014
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (1)
San Francisco International Film Festival
United States, 2016
Golden Gate Award International Competition
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