A Small Piece of Wood

A Short film of

Pierre Michelon

Produced by

Spectre Productions

Production year2014

Runtime41 min

Synopsis

All through a night in Cayenne, a cortege of striking students ride through the city, giving the call to demonstrate for a fully functioning university in Guiana. The words of the youth Alan, who asks for justice and respect, seem to answer those of an old man who remembers. A former teacher, Jean Mariema, sees in this new combat the specter of past struggles: those which set him in opposition to André Malraux, come to pronounce a speech in Cayenne in 1958. The voices of history and the present intertwine and soon fighting bodies unite, around a poem, around a small piece of wood.

Credits

Director (1)

Pierre Michelon
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Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : Spectre Productions

Film exports/foreign sales : Phantom

Full credits (9)

Executive Producer : Olivier Marboeuf

Screenwriter : Pierre Michelon

Director of Photography : Pierre Michelon

Editors : Pierre Michelon, Olivier Marboeuf

Production Manager : Olivier Marboeuf

Sound Editor : Maxime Bichon

Grader : Pierre-Yves Fave

Sound Mixer : Thierry Bertomeu

Participants : Jema Mariema, David Legrand, Allan Eraste

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Documentary
Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Research - Experimental
Production language : French, Creole
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2014
Runtime : 41 min
Visa number : 144.951
Visa issue date : 04/08/2017
Production formats : HD
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.77
Audio format : Dolby 5.1
Rating restrictions : None

Resources

Website(1)

http://www.spectre-productions.com/en/catalogue/un-petit-morceau-de-bois

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