Synopsis
Damien, a young and arrogant writer, tells his cab driver the story of his beside book, Faust's Rose, from which he regularly draws inspiration. Determined to follow in the footsteps of his master, the author of said book, he arrives in a gloomy hotel at the edge of a forest. Apart from the elderly receptionist asleep at her desk in the hotel entrance, there is no one, except for an old man beside the fire reading the same book as Damien.
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- Screenwriter : Mehdi Chenntouf
- Director of Photography : Romain Girard
- Music Composer : Clément Belio
- Assistant Director : Maxime Culpin
- Editor : Maxime Tissot
- Sound recordist : Laure Bretillon
- Producer : Mehdi Chenntouf
- Line Producer : Mehdi Chenntouf
- Assistant Operator : Stephen Le Cocq
- Camera Operator : Romain Girard
- Production Manager : Guillaume Christmann
- Sound Editor : Maxime Tissot
- Continuity supervisor : Julie Chojnacki
- Production Designers : Gabriel Tombelaine, Antoine Bertin
- Visual effects : Mehdi Chenntouf, Maxime Tissot
- Grader : Jean-Christophe Savelli
- Make-up Artist : Chloé Gateau
- Sound Mixer : Rémi Nardou
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Fairy tale, Horror, Bizarre
- Themes : Conflict, Art, Metamorphosis
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 19 min 52 seconds
- Visa number : 150.200
- Visa issue date : 01/07/2019
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
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