Synopsis
Montmartre, 1965. Sixty-year-old Yvette focuses all her attention on initiating her thirteen-year-old neighbor Naïma into the pleasures of reading fine literature. A friendship grows from this encounter. Naïma, whose thirst for knowledge slowly leads to her emancipation, ends up discovering Yvette's secret.
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (2)
Full credits (19)
- Screenwriters : Élizabeth Richard, Linda Tonnerre
- Director of Photography : François-Xavier Le Reste
- Music Composer : Hervé Rakotofiringa
- Assistant director : Stéphanie Lecomte
- Editor : Élizabeth Richard
- Sound Recordist : Charles Ferré
- Author of original work : Malika Ferdjoukh
- Producers : Viviane Lucas De Moüy, Élizabeth Richard
- Executive Producer : Élizabeth Richard
- Assistant Operator : Laure-Amélie Vilanova
- Camera Operator : François-Xavier Le Reste
- Production manager : Viviane Lucas De Moüy
- Sound Editor : Rémi Durel
- Continuity supervisor : Stéphanie Lecomte
- Production Designer : Frédéric Schaettel
- Special Effects : Élizabeth Richard
- Visual effects : Élizabeth Richard
- Make-up Artist : Estelle Martin
- Sound mixer : Julie Tribout
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Romantic comedy, Portrait
- Themes : Education, Illiteracy, Friendship
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 14 min 30 seconds
- Visa number : 149.984
- Visa issue date : 24/05/2019
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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About
Loosely adapted from Yvette by Malika Ferdjoukh - Éditions L’École des loisirs.
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)