Synopsis
Thirty-five-year-old Saloman is the son of a Benin immigrant. In conflict with his roots, he's about to hand over a voodoo costume he inherited from his dead father to a museum. But a young urban dancer will remind him of his ancestral connections, which have perhaps not disappeared.
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- Executive Producer : TS Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
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- Executive Producer : Myrina Mané
- Screenwriter : Ange-Régis Hounkpatin
- Director of Photography : Noé Bach
- Music Composer : Alexandre Verbiese
- Assistant director : Isabelle Giraud
- Editor : Marie-Estelle Dieterlé
- Sound Recordist : Valentin Sampietro
- Costume designer : Juliette Rivrin-Ricque
- Executive Producer : Myrina Mané
- Assistant Operator : Jonas Gayraud
- Production manager : Myrina Mané
- Sound Editor : Maxence Dussère
- Continuity supervisor : Marion Bernard
- Production Designer : Tinka Rodriguez Hernandez
- Make-up Artist : Anne-k Lejeal
- Sound Mixer : Samuel Mittelman
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Fairy tale
- Themes : Identity, Dance, Exile, Exodus
- Production language : French, Fon
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 24 min 35 seconds
- Visa number : 144.933
- Visa issue date : 15/09/2017
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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