Synopsis
Marie lives alone, with her cat, in a house in the suburbs of Paris. Away from the agitation of the city, she is cloistered in her universe which reassures her. In the autumn of her life, she seems to be waiting for nothing more until her doorbell rings. Will she let this mysterious stranger who is, maybe, the beginning of a revival for her?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Full credits (16)
- Screenwriter : Steve Catieau
- Director of photography : Néwine Behi
- Music Composer : Léonard Lasry
- Assistant Director : Louis-Virgile Grilliot
- Editor : Amélie Bouillon
- Sound recordists : Eliot Just, Yves Selier
- Line Producer : Steve Catieau
- Assistant Operators : Antoine Margot, Tom Duret
- Sound Editor : Eliot Just
- Continuity supervisor : Sandra Di Pasquale
- Production designers : Roland Toupet, Agnès Conan
- Chief Lighting Technicians : Érick Meurice, Julien Jauffret
- Visual effects : Laurence Duflos
- Grader : Gregory Arvanitis
- Make-up Artist : Sandra Loock
- Sound Mixer : Eliot Just
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Psychological drama
- Themes : Encounters, Solitude/loneliness, Family
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 21 min 45 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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