Synopsis
Karim, a French thug exiled in Alger, lives from small rackets. He drags his melancholy among other bandits in this open-air prison.
Credits
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Actors (3)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Iconoclast Films
- Foreign production company : 2HORLOGES Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Mourad Belkeddar
- Screenwriters : Élias Belkeddar, Jérôme Pierrat
- Director of Photography : Matias Boucard
- Assistant Director : Amine Kabbes
- Editor : Julien Perrin
- Sound Recordist : Alexandre Le More
- Costume designer : Roumaila Merabet
- Foreign producers : Hugo Legrand-Nathan, Yacine Medkour
- Assistant Operator : Abdelkader Sid-Ali
- Production Manager : Thibaut Luque
- Sound Editor : Mathieu Rathelot
- Production Designer : Adel Kacer
- Casting : Philippe Elkouby
- Visual effects : Jennifer Dolo
- Make-up Artist : Célia Oudni
- Sound Mixer : Mathieu Rathelot
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Portrait
- Themes : Criminality, Solitude/loneliness, City
- Production language : Arabic, French
- Coproducer countries : France, Algeria
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Algeria)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 14 min 34 seconds
- Visa number : 149.571
- Visa issue date : 26/09/2018
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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