Synopsis
A war is raging nearby. It's a huge day for a 10-year-old Mia and 12-year-old Lorena: their father is getting released from the camp where he spent the last three months as a prisoner of war. The family will finally be back together, but will they be able to find happiness again?
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- Co-production : Melocoton Films
- Foreign production company : Restart
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- Screenwriter : Maja Hrgović
- Director of Photography : Igor Zelić
- Assistant Director : Josip Žuvan
- Editor : Frano Homen
- Sound Recordist : Borna Buljević
- Costume designer : Zorana Meić
- Foreign producers : Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser
- Author of original work : Maja Hrgović
- Co-producer : Hélène Mitjavile
- Assistant Operator : Tomislav Mareković
- Camera Operator : Viktor Glotz
- Production Manager : Ivan Kelava
- Sound Editor : Borna Buljević
- Production Designer : Ivana Škrabalo
- Special Effects : Aleksandar Faraguna, Ilan Zerrouki
- Make-up Artist : Slavica Šnur
- Sound Mixer : Colin Favre-Bulle
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation
- Themes : Childhood, War, Paternity
- Production language : Croatian
- Coproducer countries : Croatia, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Croatia, France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 19 min 34 seconds
- Visa number : 146.629
- Visa issue date : 04/08/2017
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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