Synopsis
At twenty-five. Jean-Michel,a youngblack artist from New York, Has known everything too soon or too quickly: success, money and drogues. But this life is no longer making him happy. At the occassion of an exhibition of his paintings and tp forget the death of a close fried, he travels to the Ivory Coast with the hope of seeing an old friend, Watt , who is also an artist.
But in Abidjan, Jean-Michel's trip takes the form of an initiatory journey. For a long time he feels possessed by spirits which he tries to push away. Will Africa offer him his therapy?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Banshee Films
- Foreign production company : Wassakara Productions
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Claire Gadéa
- Screenwriter : Philippe Lacôte
- Director of photography : Delphine Jaquet
- Assistant Director : Samuel Niamké
- Editor : Barbara Bossuet
- Sound Recordist : Bertrand Ilboudo
- Costume designer : Léa Delmas
- Foreign Producer : Ernest Kouamé
- Line Producers : Claire Gadéa, Ernest Kouamé, Steven Markovitz
- Assistant Operators : Pacôme Gbayoro, Hermann Messo
- Production managers : Claire Gadéa, Tamsin Ranger
- Sound Editor : François Boudet
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel Croset
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Bizarre, Portrait
- Themes : Art, Wandering, Travel
- Production language : French, Nouchi
- Coproducer countries : France, Ivory Coast
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Ivory Coast)
- Production year : 2013
- Runtime : 20 min
- Visa number : 138.529
- Visa issue date : 05/05/2014
- Production formats : XDCamEX
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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