Synopsis
They were protected, all the same. Their caution reassured them, faced by the political and social context demanding for more security. There were the railings in the street. Then the code for the inner courtyard. The elevator was state of the art, with a magnetic key allowing access to the upper floors. And then, their door, on the landing, reinforced and rendered secure by several locks. And yet, they weren't able to prevent death from entering. Claude had succumbed, the victim of a heart attack, while the first aid team had remained blocked outside their apartment building, confounded by all the codes.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Epithète Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Charlotte Reichenbach
- Screenwriter : Léopold Legrand
- Director of Photography : Julien Ramirez Hernan
- Music Composer : Grégoire Korniluk
- Assistant Director : Michaël Fournier
- Editor : Agathe Zimmer
- Sound Recordist : Pierre-Nicolas Blandin
- Voice : Lucia Bensasson
- Assistant Operator : Octave Paute
- Production manager : Charlotte Reichenbach
- Sound Editor : Simon Poupard
- Continuity supervisor : Otilia Casteels
- Production Designer : Joannah Dauche
- Visual effects : Sébastien Corne
- Make-up Artist : Justine Jermer
- Sound Mixer : Aymeric Dupas
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Black comedy
- Themes : The absurd, Healt, Society
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 13 min 55 seconds
- Visa number : 145.825
- Visa issue date : 20/04/2018
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : DTS 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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Awards (2)
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Adapted from Toujours là, toujours prêt by Patrick Pelloux.
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