The Silk Road
Synopsis
Abbas, a young Iranian without work papers, has found refuge with Claire and her daughter Colette at the cost of a risky strategy: to avoid any questions, Abbas and Colette make the whole village believe they are in love. Until this winter day when Colette comes home after a party, accompanied by a boy her own age, Lucas. A little tale about uprooting.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films d'Argile
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Alice Bégon
- Screenwriter : Clément Schneider
- Director of photography : Anastasia Durand-Launay
- Assistant director : Chloé Galibert-Laîné
- Editor : Anna Brunstein
- Sound Recordist : Elton Rabineau
- Costume designer : Sophie Bégon
- Executive Producer : Alice Bégon
- Camera operator : Anastasia Durand-Launay
- Sound editors : Florent Castellani, Kinane Moualla
- Continuity supervisor : Anaïs Sergeant
- Production Designer : Samuel Charbonnot
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Love, Exile, Exodus, Monde rural
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 35 min
- Visa number : 148.521
- Visa issue date : 28/05/2018
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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