Synopsis
Manon, a student in an elite business school in Paris, returns to Aubagne, her hometown, to work for summer. Thanks to her mother, a former nurse's aide, she has found a substitute job in a center for elderly, dependant people. Over a summer, Manon, who has always detested her mother's work, will look after the elderly, wash them, feed them, love them, watch them die and not get used to it.
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Actors (8)
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- Executive Producer : Méridiens
Full credits (14)
- Screenwriter : Mélisa Godet
- Director of Photography : Pierre Siedel
- Music Composer : Lisa Chevalier
- Assistant director : Manon Gindre
- Editors : Anna-Solène Castanié, Antoine Gaunin, Sébastien Raineri
- Sound Recordist : Bastien Gallo
- Assistant Operator : Éva Leture
- Camera Operator : Julien de Sousa
- Production manager : Marina Gonzaga
- Sound editor : Agnès Horellou
- Continuity supervisor : Nina Lombart
- Production Designer : Manon Didier
- Make-up Artist : Isaline Grangé
- Sound mixer : Julia Mattioli
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Ageing, Family, Affection
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 20 min 57 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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