Synopsis
With the help of a string attached to a window railing, a traveling basket, carrying little words, tirelessly moves up and down between two floors of a building. But what can a seven-year-old child and an old lady in her eighties be writing to each other?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Il Était Une Fois Productions
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Pierre-Antoine Coutant
- Screenwriter : Lou Seïté
- Director of Photography : Younes Najfar
- Music Composer : Louis Chenu
- Assistant director : Fanny Rassinoux
- Editors : Rodrigue Louis-Jean, Élisabeth Couque-Sibra
- Sound recordist : Pauline Broquet
- Associate Producer : Jonny Semeco
- Line Producer : Pierre-Antoine Coutant
- Voice : Tina Coutant
- Assistant Operator : Frédéric Beaugendre
- Sound Editor : Georges-Henri Mauchant
- Continuity supervisor : Clémentine Quarante-Bauer
- Foley artist : Patrick Egreteau
- Grader : Cécile Cheurlot
- Make-up Artist : Mélanie Rouget
- Sound Mixer : Steven Ghouti
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Friendship, Ageing, Poetry
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 9 min 25 seconds
- Visa number : 144.356
- Visa issue date : 29/08/2016
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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