Synopsis
Harold, a young Frenchman of Vietnamese descent, brings his grandfather a comfortable leather armchair. But the old man finds it disconcerting, having been used to a simple, modest life.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Nouvelle Toile
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producers : Carine May, Hakim Zouhani, Yassine Qnia
- Screenwriter : Maximilian Badier-Rosenthal
- Director of photography : Marianne Tardieu
- Assistant Director : Yassine Qnia
- Editors : Alexandre Westphal, Émilie Chane Alune
- Sound recordists : Antonin Guerre, Clément Maléo, Théodore Celardo
- Sound Mixer : Antoine Pradalet
- Location Manager : Mourad Boudaoud
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Ageing, Solitude/loneliness, Family
- Production language : French, Vietnamese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 14 min 57 seconds
- Visa number : 148.868
- Visa issue date : 06/12/2018
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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