Blanchisserie de France
Synopsis
In Nice, François irons slowly a shirt with an iron used in his laundry. His gestures are slow but precise. The sign outside the store shows tracks of a long activity. In white capitals we can read Laundry of France. Inside, the dilapidated machines and the paint testify of a bygone days. Very soon, François will stop his activity, he will be eighty-nine years old. He will have spent forty five years in his store. Face to face with emptiness, his face remains impassive. In the meantime, he continues his activity: he washes the uniforms of a large hotel in Nice and cleans the linen that his customers bring to him. What is he waiting for so patiently? Little by little, he begins to tell me his story.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Les Idiots, 21juin Cinéma
- Co-production : French Lab Agency
- Film exports/foreign sales : MMM Film Sales
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Olivier Capelli
- Editor : Adriana Komives
- Co-producers : Aurélien Winterman, Ludovic De Sousa
- Production Manager : Aurélien Winterman
- Sound Editor : Jean-Charles Bastion
- Sound Mixer : Jean-Charles Bastion
Media Gallery
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Research - Experimental
- Themes : Traditions, Human nature , Emigration
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 45 min
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (2)
Movies and programs to discover
MyFrenchShorts
Full movie to watch for free!
Changing Rooms, by Violette Gitton
César is 12 when his older sister Lou is sexually assaulted. In the changing rooms of the fencing classes he attends, everything is measured by the yardstick of violence. César would like to take part in every fight, but he doesn’t have the weapons.
