Synopsis
Marion-the-dancer is asleep. A wolf prowls about. But Marion is quickly transported into a dreamworld deep in an enchanted forest. Bewitched by the trees, guided by a stag, she is drawn irresistibly toward the melodious sound of a cello. She finds herself on the banks of a silvery pond where she sees Marion-the-cellist playing her music, a ghostly mirror-image of herself. She tries to take the cello and run away, but realizes she is a prisoner of the silver birches. So she tries to charm the forest and, while the stag stands guard, the cello is suddenly transformed into one of the birch trees. Stepping into a pair of red shoes left by the pond by Marion-the-cellist, Marion-the-dancer covers herself with strange skin-like material the color of bark, and turns into a birch tree before disappearing altogether.
Credits
Director (1)
Actress (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Aldabra films
- Co-production : Chaocorp
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Murielle Thierrin
- Screenwriter : Virginie Kahn
- Director of Photography : Robert Alazraki
- Music Composer : Mathieu Ben Hassen
- Assistant director : Clément Pierrat
- Editor : Virginie Kahn
- Sound Recordist : Benoît Hauton
- Costume designer : Asako Kawate
- Co-producer : Dominique Boutonnat
- Assistant Operator : Marc Anfossi
- Production manager : Murielle Thierrin
- Sound editor : Virginie Kahn
- Production Designer : Vinciane Amilhon
- Special Effects : Mathieu Jussreandot
- Visual effects : Mathieu Jussreandot
- Make-up Artist : Delphine Savoye Leblanc
- Sound mixer : Virginie Kahn
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Themes : Dance, Dreams, Art
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 10 min 28 seconds
- Visa number : 147.793
- Visa issue date : 12/04/2019
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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