Synopsis
Alone has a deformed face. He has been living alone forever in a lighthouse in the middle of the ocean. His imagination is his only companion, which he stimulates with words from an old dictionary. One day, he discovers the world through a few postcards. He can't stop wanting to know more. How will Alone free himself of his prison? Who will help him?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : La Family Prod
- Co-production : Proarti
Full credits (17)
- Screenwriters : Antoine Laurens, Cyrille Droux
- Director of photography : Magali Silvestre De Sacy
- Music Composer : Erik Wedin
- Assistant director : Montaine Lambert
- Editor : Stéphanie Gaurier
- Sound Recordist : Kevin Bourgin
- Costume designers : Sarah Guichard, Lucie Maggiar
- Author of original work : Christophe Chabouté
- Assistant Operator : Gabriel Thibault-Langlois
- Camera operator : Magali Silvestre De Sacy
- Production Manager : Antoine Laurens
- Sound editor : Lucile Demarquet
- Production Designer : Béatrice Arthus-Bertrand
- Casting : Laurent Couraud
- Special Effects : Jérôme Lionard
- Make-up Artist : Élisabeth Pilarski
- Sound Mixer : Aymeric Dupas
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Drama
- Themes : Fate, Solitude/loneliness, Imagination
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 15 min 25 seconds
- Visa number : 149.250
- Visa issue date : 26/10/2018
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1:1
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)