Synopsis
In order to regulate overpopulation, a law has been put into place: when a woman is pregnant and she has chosen to keep her child, the doyen of the family must die. Twenty-five-year-old Elena is expecting a baby and must confront her grandfather with whom she has always had conflictual relationship.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Le4
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Jacques Morvan
- Screenwriter : Géraldine Mari
- Director of Photography : Martin Laugery
- Music Composer : Andréane Détienne
- Assistant Director : Pierre-Yves Hampartzoumian
- Editor : Vincent Morvan
- Sound Recordist : Benoît Hauton
- Line Producer : Jean-Jacques Morvan
- Assistant Operator : Mickaël Nivet
- Camera Operator : Luc Venries
- Production Manager : Jean-Jacques Morvan
- Sound Editor : Benoît Hauton
- Continuity supervisor : Céline Lelache
- Production Designer : Carole Mari
- Graders : William Ferré, Martin Laugery
- Make-up Artist : Claire Bernard
- Sound Mixer : Henri Puizillout
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : Family, Childhood, Science fiction/Futuristic
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 29 min 4 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- 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)