Synopsis
Night. Forty-year-old Marc drives a frieight train just like he has hundreds of times before. But on this particular night, a woman is standing in the middle of the tracks, alone and without moving. His gaze meets hers and he puts on the brakes. No doubt too late.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Parfum de Films, Coq Héron Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Elkin Communication
Full credits (13)
- Screenwriter : Christophe Gand
- Director of Photography : Alexandre Icovic
- Music Composer : Jean-Louis Gand
- Assistant Director : Arthur Meynier
- Editor : Bernard Sasia
- Sound Recordist : Renaud Duguet
- Costume designer : Nina Cuviller
- Camera Operator : Alexandre Icovic
- Production manager : Mégane Lahola
- Production Designer : Marion Briec
- Visual effects : Thibaut Pétillon
- Make-up Artist : Amélie Javegny
- Sound Mixer : Mathieu Rathelot
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Portrait
- Themes : Work, Accidents, Death
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 19 min 20 seconds
- Visa number : 147.990
- Visa issue date : 04/01/2018
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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