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.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (8)
Production and distribution (1)
- 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
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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