Synopsis
Abandonned by his mother, Antoine finds refuge in the arms of Fantoche, a wooden puppet. Isolated in his workshop where he makes dolls, he is overcome with hallucinations: abattoirs transform into the maternal womb and life emerges suddenly from ebony skins.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Maelstrom Studios
- Co-production : La Vingt-Cinquième Heure
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producers : Benjamin Berbudeau, Lisa Delpech
- Screenwriter : Jonathan Rochier
- Director of photography : Manon Gardelle
- Music Composer : Aymeric Borne
- Assistant director : Tiphaine Robion
- Editor : Yohann Costedoat-Descouzères
- Costume designer : Camille Roumet
- Voice-over : Olivier Peigné
- Co-producer : Pierre-Emmanuel Le Goff
- Assistant Operator : Laetitia Stoffel
- Production managers : Benjamin Berbudeau, Lisa Delpech
- Sound editors : Sabrina Moello, Augustin Dekerle
- Continuity supervisor : Lucile Moyano
- Production Designer : Vincent Camontes
- Casting : Anne-Lise Tomaszewski
- Special Effects : Benjamin Berbudeau
- Sound Mixer : David Coutures
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Clay animation
- Themes : Childhood, Surrealism, Incest
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 20 min 38 seconds
- Visa number : 141.705
- Visa issue date : 08/03/2016
- Production formats : Digital creation - HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)