Synopsis
Fifty-eight-year-old Jacques has had a stroke. When he regains consciousness at the hospital, two men are by his beside. They claim to be his long-standing friends, to have burgled a bar-tobacconist with him, and to be there to get their share of the loot. According to them, Jacques is the only one who knows where the money is. Except that Jacques no longer remembers a thing. Is Jacques bluffing? Are these two men really his friends?
Credits
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : La Voie Lactée
- Co-production : Carnaval Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producers : Nathalie Algazi, François Drouot, Marie Sonne-Jensen
- Screenwriters : Enya Baroux, Martin Darondeau
- Director of Photography : Olivier Cavellat
- Music Composer : Demusmaker
- Assistant director : Clémence Bénard
- Editor : Denis Camelin
- Sound Recordist : David Argi
- Costume designer : Virginie Teurbane
- Co-producer : Martin Darondeau
- Assistant Operator : Éric Voyron
- Production manager : Nathalie Algazi
- Sound Editor : Gurwal Coïc-Gallas
- Production Designer : Céline Luciani
- Visual effects : Hugo Guillemard
- Make-up Artist : Audrey Crépin
- Sound Mixer : Valentin Locard
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Themes : Friendship, Fraud, Ageing
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 14 min 59 seconds
- Visa number : 149.450
- Visa issue date : 24/06/2019
- Production formats : Digital creation
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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