Synopsis
A distant suberb of a big city. Omar, a North-Aftrican worker, is uncomfortable with women. Ambivalent, he is as fascinated by them as he is scared of them. When he meets Rita, a prostitute, he tries to overcome his hang-ups by discovering his sexuality.
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- Executive Producer : Saudade Productions
- Foreign production company : Bando à Parte
- Film exports/foreign sales : Hors du Bocal
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- Executive Producer : Latifa Saïd
- Screenwriter : Latifa Saïd
- Director of Photography : Yannig Dumoulin
- Music Composer : Adrien Dennefeld
- Assistant Director : Julien Trauman
- Editor : Aurélie Noury
- Sound Recordist : Harald Ballié
- Costume designer : Latifa Saïd
- Foreign Producer : Rodrigo Areias
- Assistant Operator : Miguel Ângelo Pereira
- Sound Editor : Nassim El Mounabbih
- Continuity supervisor : Johann G. Louis
- Production Designer : Béatrice Ferrand
- Make-up Artist : Sofia Maiche
- Sound Mixer : Gaspard Moreau
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Suburbia, Solitude/loneliness, Désir
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Portugal
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Portugal)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 14 min 24 seconds
- Visa number : 148.061
- Visa issue date : 18/05/2018
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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