Synopsis
Madam Aurore and the Sakho's are neighbours in a council block in Paris. One day, when Adama Sakho, aged nine, knocks on the old ladies door to give her her medication, she does not answer. After searching the flat the Sakho's find the old lady peacefully asleep in her bed. When she waks up Aurore beleives that the Sakho family is her own. Nobody dares to deny this except Adama.
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- Executive Producer : LaClairière Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gonella Productions
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- Executive Producer : Claire Beffa
- Screenwriter : Diane Valsonne
- Director of Photography : Xavier Thesnon-Hily
- Music Composer : Alexandre Wimmer
- Editors : Minh Tâm Nguyen, Guendalina Flamini
- Sound Recordist : Franck Cassar
- Production manager : Claire Beffa
- Sound editors : Bruno Tarrière, Antoine Morelon
- Production Designer : Henri Labbé
- Sound mixers : Bruno Tarrière, Antoine Morelon
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Childhood, The neighborhood, Illness
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 12 min 7 seconds
- Visa number : 141.377
- Visa issue date : 06/01/2016
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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