Synopsis
High in the Atlas Mountains, the young shepherd Abdellah and his father are hemmed in by snow at their goat pen. Their animals are wasting away. Abdellah must go to find supplies at a market village more than a day's walk away. When he arrives with his mule, he finds the village abandoned due to a strange event that has wreaked havoc on the lives of all believers.
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- Executive Producer : Envie de Tempête Productions
- Foreign production company : Jiango Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
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- Executive Producers : Margaux Lorier, Frédéric Dubreuil
- Screenwriter : Sofia Alaoui
- Director of Photography : Noé Bach
- Music Composer : Amine Bouhafa
- Assistant director : Tam Slimani
- Editor : Héloïse Pelloquet
- Sound Recordist : Nani Chaouki
- Assistant Operator : Sofiane Amly
- Sound Editor : Sébastien Savine
- Continuity supervisor : Margot Seban
- Visual effects : Thomas Vanz
- Sound Mixer : Paul Jousselin
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Themes : Regions, Environment, Freedom
- Production language : Berber
- Coproducer countries : France (88.0%), Morocco (12.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Morocco)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 23 min 28 seconds
- Visa number : 151.292
- Visa issue date : 16/07/2020
- Production formats : Digital creation
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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