Balance
Synopsis
On a Japanese mountainside, Sansei conducts his annual counting of pebbles. A little further down, hidden in a bush, Shibagaki waits with a pebble in his hand for a human to pass by. It won't be long before the two spirits meet. Meanwhile, two Kabuki actors are on stage playing out the same story.
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- Executive Producer : EMCA - École des Métiers du Cinéma d'Animation
Full credits (6)
- Screenwriter : Alice Lahourcade
- Music Composer : Mathieu Dethoor
- Voice : Yoko Brunet, Kazumi Sakamoto
- Voice-overs : Yoko Brunet, Kazumi Sakamoto
- Sound Editor : Damien Saada
- Sound Mixer : Damien Saada
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Under-the-camera animation, 2D animation, Paper cut-outs, Fantasy, Fairy tale
- Themes : Mountains, Conflict, Theater, Traditions, Legends
- Production language : Japanese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 6 min 56 seconds
- Production formats : Digital creation - Photographic camera
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.
