Synopsis
A young girl on the threshold of puberty is facing an event that will trouble her for the first time. As the day unfolds, her unconscious mingles with her agitation, in the semi-urban environment that surrounds her.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Les Films de l'Après-Midi
- Co-production : GBGG productions LLC
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (14)
- Screenwriter : Hiwot Admasu Getaneh
- Director of Photography : Dawit Zewdu
- Assistant Director : Henok Legesse
- Editor : Henok Legesse
- Sound Recordist : Habtamu Gebrehiwot
- Costume designer : Danawit Habtemariam
- Producer : François D'Artemare
- Co-producers : Lisa Scott Gordon, John Warburton, Cynthia Kane
- Assistant Operator : Yared Kebede
- Production Manager : Dirbdil Assefa
- Production designer : Danawit Habtemariam
- Grader : Graça Castanheira
- Make-up Artist : Danawit Habtemariam
- Sound Mixer : Pedro Moura
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Adolescence, Education, Freedom
- Production language : Amharic
- Coproducer countries : France, Great Britain
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Great Britain)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 12 min 37 seconds
- Visa number : 143.039
- Visa issue date : 29/09/2015
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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