The Damsels
Synopsis
Laurenne is an elderly lady living at a retirement home. A discreet and reserved woman, she keeps her depression to herself. That is until she meets Sylvie, a forty-something who has just started working at the home. As their friendship blossoms, Laurenne at last discovers her own courage.
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- Executive Producer : oriGine films
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
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- Executive Producer : Olivier Berlemont
- Screenwriter : Delphine Corrard
- Director of photography : Virginie Surdej
- Music Composer : Antoine Duchêne
- Assistant director : Gaëlle Tournier
- Editor : Nicolas Criqui
- Sound Recordist : Mathieu Villien
- Costume designer : Brigitte Bourneuf
- Line Producers : Olivier Berlemont, Émilie Dubois
- Assistant Operators : Jean-Baptiste Delahaye, Barbara Navarro
- Production Manager : Guillaume Rizo
- Sound Editor : Nicolas Besse
- Continuity supervisor : Marie de Chassey
- Production Designer : Rob Whittle
- Make-up Artist : Roxane Blondel
- Sound mixer : Julie Tribout
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Solitude/loneliness, Ageing, Friendship, Art
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 19 min 36 seconds
- Visa number : 147.171
- Visa issue date : 26/11/2018
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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