Synopsis
Thirty-year-old Elie has survived cancer and lost a breast to the battle. She has decided not to have breast reconstruction. During a party, she falls in love anew with a man she'd thought she would never see again and must cope with her doubts about her new femininity.
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- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
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- Screenwriter : Alexandra Naoum
- Director of photography : Evgenia Alexandrova
- Music Composer : Robin Foster
- Assistant Director : Mickaël Cohen
- Editor : Guillaume Caramelle
- Sound Recordist : Victor Loeillet
- Costume designer : Morgane Bellefet
- Producer : Alexandra Naoum
- Line Producer : Guillaume Caramelle
- Sound Assistant : Renaud Triboulet
- Assistant Operator : Nora Fontaine
- Sound Editor : Mickaël Olivier
- Continuity supervisor : Ondine Fagret
- Production Designer : Julien Marion
- Special Effects : Igor Verdy
- Make-up Artist : Aurélia Louis
- Sound Mixer : Mickaël Olivier
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Love, Femininity, Illness
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 13 min 32 seconds
- Visa number : 148.736
- Visa issue date : 22/10/2018
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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