Synopsis
Fifty-year-old Benoît is a police lieutenant who has never recovered from the disappearance of his wife, Lise. Incapable of grieving, his physical and mental health declines. But Lise suddenly resurfaces many years later. Benoît then begins to undergo a strange mutation.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : La Casquette Productions
- Co-production : Atelier 321
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Bertrand Chanal
- Screenwriter : Alban Ravassard
- Director of Photography : Raul Fernandez
- Music Composer : François Liétout
- Assistant directors : Claude Guillouard, Fanny Poncet
- Editor : Julien Chardon
- Sound recordists : Christophe D'Ornellas, Philippe Afonso
- Costume designer : Marlène Gérard
- Line Producer : Bertrand Chanal
- Assistant Operator : Guillaume Quincy
- Camera Operator : Raul Fernandez
- Production Manager : Antoine Liétout
- Continuity supervisor : Florence Cheron
- Production Designer : Marc Pacon
- Special Effects : David Scherer
- Visual effects : Damien Delannoy
- Make-up Artist : Marianne Desgrée
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Crime/thriller
- Themes : Death, Relationships, Metamorphosis
- Production language : English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 17 min 4 seconds
- Visa number : 145.350
- Visa issue date : 13/09/2017
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
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