Synopsis
Édouard, employed at a funeral home, leads a peaceful and routine life: work, home, dinner cooked by his wife, and reading a bedtime story to his daughter. One evening unlike the others, his daughter says a strange prayer. She predicts the death of one of the members of the family the following day. She repeats the same refrain over several nights. Until the day the dreaded event happens and she announces the death of her father.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Affreux, Sales & Méchants
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
Full credits (17)
- Screenwriter : Louise Albon
- Director of Photography : Romain Prouveur
- Music Composer : Mathieu Alvado
- Assistant directors : Sophie Deutsch, Leïla Gentet
- Editor : Nicolas Capus
- Sound Recordist : Kevin Bally
- Costume designer : Carole Burdin
- Line Producer : Vladimir Feral
- Assistant Operator : Hadrien Vedel
- Camera Operator : Romain Prouveur
- Production Manager : Guillaume Rizo
- Sound Editor : Kevin Bally
- Continuity supervisor : Louise Albon
- Production Designer : Irene Marinari
- Visual effects : Nicolas Capus
- Make-up Artist : Émilie Baudry
- Sound Mixer : Benjamin Cabaj
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Black comedy, Bizarre
- Themes : Death, The absurd, Family
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 18 min 30 seconds
- Visa number : 148.440
- Visa issue date : 27/12/2018
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)