Back to Genoa City

A Short film of

Benoît Grimalt

Produced by

entre2prises

Production year2017

Runtime29 min

Synopsis

Granny and her brother Uncle Thomas watch the same american soap opera, every day at the same time since 1989.Twenty years after my leaving Nice, I come back to see them so they can fill me in on the 3527 episodes I've missed.

Credits

Director (1)

Benoît Grimalt
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Production and distribution (1)

Executive Producer : entre2prises

Full credits (9)

Executive Producer : Damien Froidevaux

Director of Photography : Benoît Grimalt

Music Composer : Arnaud Gransac

Editor : Damien Froidevaux

Sound Recordist : Benoît Grimalt

Original idea : Damien Froidevaux

Sound Editor : Mathieu Farnarier

Special Effects : Stéphanie Cazaentre

Sound Mixer : Mathieu Farnarier

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Documentary
Sub-genre : Auteur documentary
Themes : Television, Exile, Ageing
Production language : French
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2017
Runtime : 29 min
Visa number : 148.310
Visa issue date : 04/12/2018
Production formats : Mini DV
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Audio format : 5.1
Rating restrictions : None

News & awards

News (2)

French shorts honored abroad: November 2018

29 NOVEMBER 2018

News in brief

French cinema at the 70th Cannes Film Festival

21 APRIL 2017

News in brief

Selections (5)

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2019
Sections parallèles
La Cabina International Medium-Length Film Festival (Valencia)
Spain, 2018
Amalgama
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts
Austria, 2018
International Competition
Seminci
Spain, 2017
Temps d'histoire

Awards (3)

La Cabina International Medium-Length Film Festival (Valencia)
Spain, 2018
Prix du meilleur montage Amalgama : Damien Froidevaux
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts
Austria, 2018
Audience Prize
Directors' Fortnight
France, 2017
Prix Illy du court-métrage

Resources

Website(1)

http://entre2prises.fr/index.php?/catalogue/retour-a-genoa-city/

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