Djinns, the Spirits of Patras
Synopsis
In the heart of a disused factory, facing the port of Patras in Greece. Wahid and Morteza, among about fifty other Afghans who have fled the horrors of their country, every day try their luck to get to Italy for a better life in Europe. In the meantime, they are hiding from a repressive police force and confront the Djinns, the spirits that haunt this former factory now abandoned.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Mas Productions
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Jacques Cunnac
- Screenwriter : Jean-Jacques Cunnac
- Director of Photography : Boubkar Benzabat
- Music Composer : Maximiliano Zecchin
- Editor : Frédéric Frankel
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Jacques Cunnac
- Line Producer : Jean-Jacques Cunnac
- Camera Operator : Boubkar Benzabat
- Production Manager : Jean-Jacques Cunnac
- Sound Editor : Frédéric Frankel
- Sound Mixer : Jean-Jacques Cunnac
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary
- Themes : Exile, Exodus
- Production language : Farsi
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 14 min 40 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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