Synopsis
You are strange creatures, you mortals. You are amazed by what you know. That an enemy is unimportant, there is no doubt. Just as each of us has a mother. But why is it unacceptable to see one's own life in a mother's hand?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : andolfi
- Foreign production company : Belva GmbH
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Arnaud Dommerc
- Screenwriter : Jean-Marie Straub
- Director of Photography : Christophe Clavert
- Editor : Christophe Clavert
- Sound Recordist : Jérôme Ayasse
- Foreign producer : Barbara Ulrich
- Author of original work : Cesare Pavese
- Camera Operator : Christophe Clavert
- Production Manager : Arnaud Dommerc
- Sound Editor : Christophe Clavert
- Sound Mixer : Jean-Pierre Laforce
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Fairy tale
- Themes : Femininity, Legends, Death
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : France, Switzerland
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Switzerland)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 20 min
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adapted from Dialogues with Leuco by Cesare Pavese.
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