The Children Leave at Dawn

A Short film of

Manon Coubia

Produced by

offshore

Production year2017

Runtime22 min

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Synopsis

The morning mist on a snow-laden road, Macha's car is hit by Mo, her seventeen-year-old son, with whom she'd burned all the bridges. The son leads his mother through the mountains for a final journey together. Today, Mo is joining the alpine chasseurs, the elite troops of the French army.

Credits

Director (1)

Manon Coubia
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Actors (3)

Aurélia Petit

Yoann Zimmer

Emmanuelle Gilles-Rousseau

Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : offshore

Film exports/foreign sales : Manifest

Full credits (11)

Executive Producer : Emmanuelle Latourrette

Screenwriter : Manon Coubia

Director of Photography : Aurélien Py

Editor : Thomas Marchand

Sound Recordist : Vincent Nouaille

Production manager : Andrea Forssell

Sound editor : Aline Huber

Production Assistant : Laëtitia Denis

Continuity supervisor : Rita Santin

Production Designer : Charlotte Martin-Favier

Make-up Artist : Maëla Gervais

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Psychological drama
Themes : Family, Exile, Exodus, Independence, Mountains
Production language : French
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2017
Runtime : 22 min 35 seconds
Visa number : 144.117
Visa issue date : 22/03/2017
Production formats : 16mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Audio format : Dolby 5.1
Rating restrictions : None

News & awards

News (1)

French cinema at the 70th Cannes Film Festival

21 APRIL 2017

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Selections (4)

Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival
Spain, 2018
International Competition
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2018
Films en région
FIFF
Belgium, 2017
Views of the Present
La Semaine de la Critique - Cannes
France, 2017
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