Synopsis
A young mother is torn between her desire to be a perfect mother, a model employee, and a devoted wife. Faced with another evening filled with anxiety, she suddenly walks out her front door and wanders the city streets. In her wanderings, she encounters a strange character who speaks to her of butterflies.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Imagiciennes
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gonella Productions
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Alina Cicani
- Screenwriter : Alina Cicani
- Director of Photography : Jean-Baptiste Gaillot
- Music Composer : Julie Roué
- Editor : Clémence Le Brun
- Sound Recordist : Arnaud Marten
- Voice : Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat
- Assistant Operator : Laure Ménégale
- Camera Operator : Jean-Baptiste Gaillot
- Sound Editor : Pierre Bompy
- Sound Mixer : Arnaud Marten
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Science fiction , Legend
- Themes : Femininity, Motherhood, Human nature
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 10 min 21 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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