A Hand Sewn Star
Synopsis
One fine, sunny day, a tree sees a family arrive. The parents sit on a bench, the children play. The mother bites off a piece of thread and starts sewing while the father anxiously watches. During this time, Simon, the youngest child, plays with the tree and with the light through the rustling leaves. The father hums a Yiddish nursery rhyme to his little daughter. Time passes. The mother closes her sewing box and each parent and each child puts their jackets back on and walk away. Simon returns to the tree one more time, but everything is different.
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- Executive Producer : Romance Production
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- Executive Producer : Hervé Lavayssière
- Screenwriter : Rebecca Wengrow
- Director of Photography : Michel Abramowicz
- Music Composer : Olivier Vidal
- Assistant Director : Michael Ben Hammouda
- Editor : Bertrand Boutillier
- Sound Recordist : Ferdinand Bouchara
- Costume designers : Sylvie Pensa, Stéphanie Joly
- Author of original work : Rebecca Wengrow
- Line Producer : Hervé Lavayssière
- Assistant Operators : Lazare Jefroykin, Lucas Plançon, Charles Dalodier
- Camera Operator : Michel Abramowicz
- Production Manager : Hervé Lavayssière
- Sound Editor : Ferdinand Bouchara
- Continuity supervisor : Jacqueline Granier-Deferre
- Production Designer : Sylvie Pensa
- Make-up Artist : Sylvia Carissoli
- Sound Mixer : Ferdinand Bouchara
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Psychological drama
- Themes : Family, War, Religion
- Production language : French, Yiddish
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 9 min 5 seconds
- Visa number : 150.229
- Visa issue date : 24/01/2019
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adapted from A Hand Sewn Star by Rebecca Wengrow.
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