Synopsis
Summer 1996. A small town nestled in the shadow of a gigantic factory. Ben, a shy eleven-year-old boy, lives alone there with his worker mother, who abandons him to join a strike. He is further perturbed by the arrival of the disturbing Eva into his gang, particularly when Eva evokes the legend of a mysterious creature hidden beneath the pontoon of a neighboring lake. As a game, Eva challenges Ben: to go the end of the pontoon of death and come back. But Ben fails lamentably. That evening, the creature appears before him.
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- Executive Producer : oriGine films
- Co-production : Les Films de Rita et Marcel
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
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- Executive Producers : Olivier Berlemont, Émilie Dubois
- Screenwriters : Rémy Rondeau, Myriam Dupuis
- Director of Photography : Elric Lefeuvre
- Music Composers : Rémy Rondeau, Romain Trouillet
- Assistant Director : Simon Grass
- Editor : Yoann Gourdon
- Sound recordists : Pablo Salaün, Edgar Imbault
- Costume designer : Virginie Bauchet
- Co-producer : Jules Raillard
- Assistant Operators : Luc Venries, Magalie Leclercq
- Production managers : Jules Raillard, Émilie Dubois
- Sound editors : Julie Tribout, Rémi Durel
- Continuity supervisor : Sophie Bouteiller
- Production Designer : Anthony Gouraud
- Special Effects : David Scherer
- Visual effects : Sylvain Morand
- Make-up Artist : Erika Urien
- Sound mixer : Julie Tribout
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Horror
- Themes : Horror, Youth, Love
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 23 min 47 seconds
- Visa number : 142.536
- Visa issue date : 29/06/2017
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
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