Synopsis
It's a great day for Joseph. His family is taking him to the Smile-Rite® toy factory for his twelfth birthday and everyone knows that when a boy celebrate's his twelfth birthday, it's the moment he becomes a man.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Local Films
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producer : Kévin Rousseau
- Screenwriter : Jethro Massey
- Director of Photography : Isarr Eiriksson
- Music Composer : Julien Decoret
- Assistant director : Anne Fassin
- Editor : Julien Chardon
- Costume designer : Floriane Bourdin
- Assistant Operator : Just-Aurèle Meissonnier
- Production Manager : Darrell Lee Hall
- Sound Editor : Alexis Eskandari
- Continuity supervisor : Aurélie Vallée
- Production Designer : Marc Pacon
- Special Effects : Damien Delannoy
- Make-up Artist : Maya Benamer-Letourmy
- Sound mixer : Laure Arto
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Science fiction
- Themes : Consumerism, Parable, Freedom
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 13 min 1 seconds
- Visa number : 146.189
- Visa issue date : 19/12/2017
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (2)
Mediawave International Film and Music Gathering of Fort Monostor - Komárom
Hungary, 2019
International Short Film Competition
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