Synopsis
A young woman nurses her mother's lifeless body. Beside her there's, an elderly woman, a babushka, as the Russians say. Both wash the body, the young woman feeling her way, the elderly woman with a sure hand. They accompany the defunct woman, rock and console her with this final farewell.
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- Executive Producer : Rouge International
- Co-productions : Rezo Films, Rézina Productions
- Foreign production company : CTB Film Company
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- Executive producers : Julie Gayet, Nadia Turincev
- Screenwriter : Dinara Droukarova
- Director of Photography : Timo Salminen
- Assistant Director : Andrey Mayover
- Editor : Julien Chigot
- Sound Recordist : Alexandr Valentsov
- Costume designer : Nadezhda Vasilieva
- Foreign Producer : Sergey Selyanov
- Line producers : Natalia Drozd, Natacha Le Véo
- Co-producers : Jean-Michel Rey, Bernard Tanguy
- Assistant Operator : Anton Smirnov
- Camera Operator : Timo Salminen
- Sound editors : Samy Bardet, Frederik Van De Moortel, Wim Willaert
- Production Designer : Boris Petrushansky
- Casting : Vladimir Golov
- Make-up Artist : Tamara Frid
- Sound Mixer : Matthias Hillegeer
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Identity, Family, Femininity
- Production language : Russian
- Coproducer countries : France (67.0%), Russia (33.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Russia)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 14 min 11 seconds
- Visa number : 151.470
- Visa issue date : 20/12/2019
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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