Synopsis
Said carrying out his first night on the job as a night watchman beneath a large bridge in the middle of Beirut. Armed with nothing more than a walkie-talkie and a torch, he tries to take his job seriously. When the sun rises, the city will have swallowed him whole.
Credits
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : DW
- Foreign production company : Abbout Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Dominique Welinski
- Screenwriters : Ahmad Ghossein, Lucie La Chimia
- Director of Photography : Shadi Chaaban
- Assistant Director : Nadim Hobeika
- Editor : Nadia Ben Rachid
- Sound recordist : Karine Bacha
- Costume designer : Marianne Taouk
- Foreign producers : Georges Schoucair, Myriam Sassine
- Executive Producer : Abla Khoury
- Camera Operator : Shadi Chaaban
- Production Manager : Elie Deek
- Production Designer : Wael Boutros
- Special Effects : Chadi Abo
- Make-up Artist : Diala Chaaban
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Black comedy, Bizarre
- Themes : The absurd, Politics, Surrealism
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Lebanon
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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.
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Future Film Festival in Bologna.
It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.