Synopsis
Is there an age to cope with grief for the first time? Paloma is twenty years old. She has just lost her grandfather. Her whole family gets together the night before his funeral in the grandparents' home, filled with childhood memories. Without her seeing or understanding it, Paloma is here led to confront her grief. As though this end of summer marks the end of carefreeness.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : H Rouge Productions, Incendie Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producers : Arthur Beauvois, Antoine Olla
- Screenwriter : Pauline Garcia
- Director of Photography : Martin Roux
- Assistant director : Costanza Mezzano
- Editor : Nobuo Coste
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Christophe Lion
- Costume designer : Camille Nogues
- Assistant Operator : Arthur Schwarz
- Sound Editor : Antoine Bertucci
- Continuity supervisor : Amandine Derdoukh
- Production Designer : Margot Kraatz
- Grader : Laurent Ripoll
- Make-up Artist : Emma Franco
- Sound Mixer : Clément Laforce
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Family
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 19 min 22 seconds
- Visa number : 149.901
- Visa issue date : 09/09/2019
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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