Synopsis
A woman, Marie, is offered a magnificent watch by her friend Alain. A clumsy gesture, however, and the watch falls onto the ground and goes wrong. Annoyed, Marie visits a watchmaker who disturbs her even more. Furious, she slams the door. But the worst is yet to come for Marie and the dysfunctions of this watch are going to have incidences on her own life. When the watch will moves forward, her life will get carried away and everything will escape her. When it runs late, troubles of all kinds will catch up her.
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- Executive Producer : Litorne Productions
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producer : Bastien Miquel
- Screenwriter : Bastien Miquel
- Directors of Photography : Françoise Noyon, François Quillard
- Music Composer : Jean-Pierre Stora
- Assistant Director : Jérôme Amsili
- Editor : Aurélien Girelli
- Sound recordists : Paul Le Bret, Philippe Henry
- Line Producers : Romain Balladur, Bastien Miquel
- Voice-over : Martine Amsili
- Assistant Operator : Jérôme Amouyal
- Camera operators : Lucas Stoll, Emerson Lefrançois
- Sound Editor : Cyril Cole
- Continuity supervisors : Léa Hibert, Pauline Pécheux
- Visual effects : Christophe De Martino
- Make-up Artists : Sess Boudebesse, Delphine Birarelli, Vesna Peborde
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Science fiction , Burlesque comedy
- Themes : The absurd, Accidents, Human nature
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 15 min
- Visa number : 139.690
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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About
Adapted from My Watch by Mark Twain.
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)