Why the Robots
Synopsis
In a quarry whipped by winds, a small girl conceived by artificial insemination grows up, self-identifying as a robot. Once she's an adult, she traces back to her own birth to find the key to this mysterious bond.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Tonnerre
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producer : Paviel Raymont
- Screenwriter : Yseult Le Goarnig
- Director of Photography : Oscar Viguier
- Music Composer : Lambros Taklis
- Assistant Director : Paviel Raymont
- Editor : Alexis Marro
- Costume designer : Nadège Bourmaud
- Assistant Operator : Rémi Delvern
- Production Manager : Paviel Raymont
- Sound Editor : Jules Laurin
- Continuity supervisor : Aurélie Bidault
- Special Effects : William G. Bruce
- Make-up Artist : Tifène Bedouet
- Sound Mixer : Matthieu Fraticelli
- Narrators : Mathias Malzieu, Cécile Coves
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale, Psychological drama, Bizarre
- Themes : Poetry, Identity, Society, Medicine
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 15 min 42 seconds
- Visa number : 151.413
- Visa issue date : 10/02/2020
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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