The Children Leave at Dawn
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.
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- 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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- 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
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