Synopsis
Punished by his mother, a ten-year-old boy who detests his younger brother is forced to spend the afternoon an old and disturbing man. The boy will receive a life lesson by discovering the old man's terrible secret.
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- Executive Producer : Reginald de Guillebon
- Screenwriter : Alain Gagnol
- Music Composer : Serge Besset
- Editor : Hervé Guichard
- Sound recordists : Loïc Burkhardt, Samuel Billot
- Foreign producer : Annemie Degryse
- Line Producer : Pierre Méloni
- Production manager : Catherine Blanc-Maurizi
- Production Designer : Jean-Loup Felicioli
- Animation : Alain Gagnol, Sylvie Léonard Victorino, Pascal Vermeersch
- Foley artist : Olivier Thys
- Special Effects : Izù Troin
- Graphic designers : Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol
- Sound mixers : Gérard Labady, Cédric Lionnet
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Suspense film, Drama, Portrait
- Themes : Childhood, Family, Education, Solitude/loneliness, Fear, Violence, Death
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 8 min 37 seconds
- Visa number : 146.245
- Visa issue date : 02/10/2018
- Production formats : Digital creation - HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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Berlin International Short Film Festival for Young and Children (Kuki)
Germany, 2019
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