Synopsis
Seventy-five-year-old Jacques, his face marked by age, looking concerned, enters a television room especially decorated for his wife's birthday. Lucie, his wife, is seventy years old. Sitting across from him, enveloped by a disease, she doesn't see him. Today, he will try, using everything he's got, to try to reconnect with her.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Hybrid Films
- Co-productions : La Mouette à 3 Queues, Les Yeux d'IZO
- Film exports/foreign sales : Premium Films
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producers : William Rougier, Jules Pottier, Bruno Tiranti
- Screenwriters : Basile Charpentier, Louise De Prémonville
- Director of Photography : Benoît Feller
- Music Composer : Jérémy Baysse
- Assistant Director : Cédric Léger
- Editor : Stéphane Kazadi
- Sound Recordist : Benoît Perraud
- Costume designer : Élodie Gaillard
- Co-producers : Richard Béguier, Odile Méndez-Bonito
- Assistant Operator : Christelle Poupin
- Production Manager : Paul Sergent
- Sound Editor : David Couturier
- Continuity supervisor : Aurélie Vallée
- Production Designer : Nicolas Lefèbvre
- Special Effects : Nicolas Vrignaud
- Visual effects : Nicolas Vrignaud
- Make-up Artist : Caroline Philipponnat
- Sound Mixer : Denis Leleux
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Love, Relationships, Ageing
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 19 min 59 seconds
- Visa number : 146.137
- Visa issue date : 23/02/2017
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.89
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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