A Parisian Bourgeois Takes a Break
Synopsis
Suffering from a light stress, an executive of thirty, Patissot, sees himself prescribing a cure of open air and exercise. After fruitless attempts of socialization on the banks of the Seine, Patissot gets on a train to discover the forests of Yvelines. But nothing will go according to plan.
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- Film exports/foreign sales : Gonella Productions
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- Screenwriter : Thomas Grascoeur
- Director of Photography : Louis Bergogné
- Music Composer : Touve R. Ratovondrahety
- Assistant director : Capucine Roux
- Editor : Benjamin Cathala
- Sound Recordist : Santiago Ortega Antunez
- Author of original work : Guy de Maupassant
- Producer : Thomas Grascoeur
- Production Manager : Thomas Grascoeur
- Sound Editor : Adrien Viñas
- Special Effects : Damien Letexier
- Sound Mixer : Adrien Viñas
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Drama
- Themes : Solitude/loneliness, Nostalgia, Parable
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 12 min 32 seconds
- Visa number : 140.977
- Visa issue date : 16/04/2015
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adapted from Les Dimanches d'un bourgeois de Paris by Guy de Maupassant.
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