Synopsis
A fallen community survives as best it can on an island. A young woman seems to carry a strange disease which torments the rest of the village. A solitary shepherd then volunteers to escort the woman to the island's interior and to prevent her from contaminating the remaining survivors.
Credits
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Foreign production company : Scum Pictures
Full credits (11)
- Screenwriters : Gabriel Sanson, Clyde Gates
- Director of Photography : Samuel Esselinckx
- Editors : Gabriel Sanson, Clyde Gates
- Foreign Producer : Arnaud Gattlen
- Producers : Gabriel Sanson, Clyde Gates
- Line Producers : Gabriel Sanson, Clyde Gates
- Voice-overs : Jonathan Pryce, Kate Fahy
- Camera Operator : Samuel Esselinckx
- Sound Editor : Thomas Becka
- Special Effects : Christophe Zucconi
- Sound Mixer : Simon Jamart
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale
- Themes : Metamorphosis, Mountains, Death
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : France (50.0%), Belgium (50.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 50% French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 18 min 51 seconds
- Visa number : 149.400
- Visa issue date : 17/12/2018
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- 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)