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?
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Director (1)
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
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- 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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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.
🎄🎁 This new episode of cult animated series ‘A Town Called Panic’ was selected for festivals around the world, and notable gathered the Audience First Prize at the Bologna
Future Film Festival in Bologna.
It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.
