Synopsis
Abd Al Malik brings Verdi's masterpiece into the modern world by setting it in a contemporary urban context. The director wrote short dialogues that are presented as intertitles in the style of silent movies, with the soundtrack featuring the music of Verdi's opera mixed by Arnaud de Solignac.
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Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Pelléas
- Co-production : Opéra national de Paris
- Film exports/foreign sales : mk2 films
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Philippe Martin
- Screenwriter : Abd Al Malik
- Director of Photography : Fabien Coste
- Editor : Aymeric Schoens
- Sound Recordist : Antoine Bertucci
- Costume designer : Denoal Rouaud
- Line Producers : Philippe Martin, Dimitri Krassoulia-Vronsky
- Assistant Operators : Inès Tabarin, Marie-Laure Blancho
- Camera Operator : Mahdi Lepart
- Sound Editor : Tristan Lhomme
- Sound Mixer : Tristan Lhomme
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale, Portrait, Film opéra
- Themes : Encounters, Youth, Relationships, Désir, Art
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 11 min 50 seconds
- Visa number : 148.633
- Visa issue date : 11/10/2018
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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