The Prime of Life
Synopsis
Jean and Maria, a retired couple living in the country, find their lives disrupted one day by the arrival of three telephone maintenance men at their home. It's just a routine visit, but Jean is suspicious. Perhaps the three men are not who they claim to be.
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- Executive Producer : Ilomba Images
- Co-production : OV studio - Agence de création audiovisuelle
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producer : Romain Mourgue
- Screenwriter : Quentin Lecocq
- Director of Photography : Matthieu Fabbri
- Music Composer : Nicolas Wilhelm
- Assistant director : Marine Levéel
- Editor : Quentin Lecocq
- Sound recordist : Ludivine Pelé
- Costume designer : Clotilde Veillon
- Co-producer : Adrien Pauchet
- Assistant Operator : Adrien Lengrand
- Production manager : Camille Wuillaume
- Sound Editor : Nicolas Wilhelm
- Continuity supervisor : Manon Alirol
- Production Designer : Coline Debée
- Visual effects : Émeric Samier, Sébastien Pincin
- Grader : Théophile Rausch
- Make-up Artist : Henri Delecroix
- Sound Mixer : Nicolas Wilhelm
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Bizarre
- Themes : Ageing, Economics, Science fiction/Futuristic
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 13 min 23 seconds
- Visa number : 142.672
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.
