Synopsis
18-year-old Simon is insecure and awkward, trapped in his obese body and treated like a child by his overbearing mother. As a means of escape, he commits extravagant violent acts on his body to try to attract a girlfriend, while dreaming of other things. One day out shopping with his mother, his unhappiness reaches a climax and he suddenly runs away, leaving his mother alone to fend for herself.
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Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Baldanders Films
Full credits (13)
- Executive producers : Élisabeth Pawlowski, Elsa Minisini
- Screenwriter : Bertrand Dezoteux
- Director of Photography : Simon Roche
- Assistant director : Nina Lehmann
- Editor : David Jungman
- Sound Recordist : Jean-François Priester
- Costume designer : Agnès Noden
- Assistant Operator : Marine Beauguion
- Production manager : Élisabeth Pawlowski
- Sound Editor : Antonin Dalmasso
- Production Designer : Yannick Moine
- Make-up Artist : Fabien Celhay
- Sound Mixer : Simon Apostolou
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Bizarre
- Themes : Adolescence, Consumerism, Family
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 26 min
- Visa number : 144.825
- Visa issue date : 28/07/2016
- Production formats : Digital creation
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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