Synopsis
After his mobile phone is stolen, Xinquan, a young Chinese student, regularly receives the thief's photos and videos on his iCloud account. His interest in the man's life increases as time goes by.
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Actors (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Nouvelle Toile
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producer : Khir-Din Grid
- Screenwriters : Baer Xiao, Carine May
- Director of Photography : Balthazar Lab
- Music Composer : Pablo Altar
- Assistant director : Marjolaine Grandjean
- Editors : Nadège Kintzinger, Alexandre Westphal
- Sound Recordist : Stéphane Gessat
- Costume designer : Jeanne Dekonink
- Line Producers : Hakim Zouhani, Carine May, Yassine Qnia
- Assistant Operator : Paul Morin
- Production Manager : Nicolas Novak
- Sound Editor : Benoît Gargonne
- Continuity supervisor : Sophie Bouteiller
- Production Designer : Victor Melchy
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel Desguez
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Exile, Exodus, Solitude/loneliness, Identity
- Production language : French, Chinese, Kabyle
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 22 min 18 seconds
- Visa number : 147.016
- Visa issue date : 08/01/2019
- Production formats : Photographic camera - HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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