Synopsis
In a nameless Chinese city, a mother searches for her missing daughter, refusing to surrender to the gentle night.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : House on Fire
- Foreign production company : Wild Grass Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : New Europe Film Sales
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Vincent Wang
- Screenwriter : Qiu Yang
- Director of photography : Constanze Schmitt
- Editor : Carlo Francisco Manatad
- Sound recordists : Zhu Mei, Livia Ruzic, Mikko Aromaa
- Foreign Producer : Huang Lu
- Production Designer : Yinghao Shan
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Portrait
- Themes : Accidents, Motherhood, News story
- Production language : Chinese
- Coproducer countries : France, China
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, China)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 15 min 9 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)