My Mother’s Most Beautiful Gift
Synopsis
Élisa Moreno suffers from an incurable illness and knows she will soon die. She decides to spend her final moments of happiness in a park with her four children, Christopher, Tim, Jordan, and Joshua. She urges her son Jordan, who is blind, not to give up hope that he will one day see again. After her death, the four brothers visit their mother's best friend, Marie-Rosalie. She gives Jordan a letter written in Braille. Returning to the park, Jordan discovers his mother's deeply moving words and her final gift that is contained in the letter.
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Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producers : Mason Ewing Corporation, Les Entreprises Ewing
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Mason Cyrille Elong Ewing
- Screenwriter : Mason Cyrille Elong Ewing
- Music Composer : Julien Thuret
- Assistant director : Ludivine Schoemaeker
- Sound Recordist : Jérémy Laroch
- Line Producer : Mason Cyrille Elong Ewing
- Sound Assistant : Clément Herbert
- Camera operators : Alexandre Pandis, Anthony Lascoux, Simon Paraire, Jean-Marc Rettig
- Chief Lighting Technician : Alexandre Milosevic
- Making of : Romain Loisel
- Make-up Artists : Samanta Nsizayéto, Emy Menga
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : Adolescence, Family, Society, Handicap, Death
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 12 min
- Visa number : 147.786
- Visa issue date : 13/02/2018
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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