Synopsis
Locked in a basement, five individuals start playing a rather special poker game. Each time players lose, they must shoot themselves in the head. The reasons why they play this game are revealed, along with each character's personality, as the film unfolds.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Full credits (13)
- Screenwriter : Olivier Gardnair
- Director of photography : Élodie Ferré
- Music Composer : Julien Auclair
- Assistant director : Laurence Carnot
- Editor : Marie Renard
- Sound Recordist : Sébastien Linsolas
- Producer : Olivier Gardnair
- Line Producer : Olivier Gardnair
- Assistant Operator : Erwan Robert-Thomasson
- Sound Editor : William Mazure
- Continuity supervisor : Laurence Carnot
- Production Designer : Marie Toscan
- Sound Mixer : William Mazure
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Human nature , Psychology, Death
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 15 min 21 seconds
- Visa number : 147.937
- Visa issue date : 22/02/2018
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : Under 12
Resources
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A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log (2013), by Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier
The year’s end celebrations are coming. Christmas : the tree, the dinner, the presents. Indian and Cowboy are expecting their presents eagerly. Overexcited by the organisation of the celebration, they fight and destroy the Yule log on which Horse was putting the last touch. Horse is livid and cancels the gifts from Santa Claus. How will they win back the favours of Horse and The Old Bearded Man? How will they retrieve their gifts ? For Indian and Cowboy begins a long, very long Christmas Eve.
🎄🎁 This new episode of cult animated series ‘A Town Called Panic’ was selected for festivals around the world, and notable gathered the Audience First Prize at the Bologna
Future Film Festival in Bologna.
It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.
