A Fool God
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Production year2019
Runtime19 min
Synopsis
Mesi's mother has just died. Her grandmother holds the young girl responsible: she should not have conducted a ritual reserved for men. Mesi decides to revisit a folk tale in order to prove to her grandmother that whoever blames her for simply trying help is nothing more than a fool, including God.
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Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Deuxième Ligne Films
- Co-production : Digital District
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- Executive Producers : Marie Dubas, Sylvain Rapaud
- Screenwriter : Hiwot Admasu Getaneh
- Director of photography : Julia Mingo
- Assistant director : Eden Bekele
- Editor : Nicolas Sburlati
- Sound Recordist : Tristan Pontécaille
- Costume designer : Hana Yeshitila
- Line Producer : Henok Mebratu
- Co-producer : David Danesi
- Assistant Operator : Billy Mekonnen
- Sound Editor : Benjamin Laurent
- Continuity supervisor : Hawi Kefale
- Production Designer : Tamrat Yared
- Special Effects : Anne Daurian
- Sound Mixer : Benjamin Laurent
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Legend
- Themes : Death, Childhood, Family
- Production language : Amharic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 19 min 15 seconds
- Visa number : 150.119
- Visa issue date : 07/10/2019
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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