Synopsis
Jeanne and Paul, both in their seventies, lead the peaceful and gloomy life of retirees in the south of France. On this day of a heatwave, the sudden appearance of a river will definitively turn their daily lives upside down, to their innermost beings.
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- Executive Producer : Caïmans Productions
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- Executive Producer : Jérôme Barthélemy
- Screenwriter : Lorenzo Recio
- Director of Photography : Dylan Doyle
- Music Composer : The Penelopes (Groupe)
- Assistant director : Marie Crabit
- Editor : Baptiste Ribrault
- Sound Recordist : Gaël Eléon
- Costume designer : Caroline Spieth
- Line Producers : Jérôme Barthélemy, Daniel Sauvage
- Assistant Operator : Lilla Smoluch
- Production manager : Elsa Boutault-Caradec
- Sound Editor : Xavier Thibault
- Continuity supervisor : Marion Bernard
- Production Designer : Doriane Frereau
- Special Effects : Thibaut Granier
- Make-up Artist : Alexandra Moulié
- Sound mixer : Laure Arto
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Fairy tale, Bizarre
- Themes : Legends, Ageing
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 20 min 53 seconds
- Visa number : 149.274
- Visa issue date : 09/10/2019
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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