Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Aline must cope with a sudden absence: her father has recently been jailed and refuses to see her. She tries to reach him, nevetherless, but comes up against her mother and prison regulations. And then she finally literally bangs into a boy her age, in whom she sees the ultimate means to get closer to her father.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Tact Production
- Foreign production company : Neon Rouge Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : L’Agence belge du court métrage
Full credits (16)
- Screenwriter : Ophélie Pruvost
- Director of Photography : Sylvain Freyens
- Assistant director : Juliette Esch
- Editor : Laurent Chinot
- Sound Recordist : Martin Sadoux
- Costume designer : Julie Ancel
- Foreign Producer : Aurélien Bodinaux
- Co-producer : Oualid Baha
- Assistant Operator : Manon Henry
- Camera Operator : Sylvain Freyens
- Production Manager : Oualid Baha
- Sound editors : Stéphane Grégoire, Bertrand Le Roy
- Continuity supervisor : Lisa Weil
- Production Designer : Yann Nicolas
- Make-up Artist : Laëtitia Hogday
- Sound Mixer : Nils Fauth
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Adolescence, Family, Jail
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Belgium, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Belgium, France)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 29 min
- Production formats : Digital creation
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : DTS 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (1)
Berlin International Short Film Festival for Young and Children (Kuki)
Germany, 2018
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