Synopsis
It was a dark night. The man was exhausted from being a constant foreigner, from being singled out because he speaks Arabic and his wife speaks French. From this impure couple a mixed race son was born. That night, the man looked up at the sky and began to yell. Far out in the universe, a voice answered. The Blue Star promised him that a better future awaits him on another planet, a safe place where he will no longer be afraid. The man begins to dream of escaping there forever.
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- Foreign production companies : AFAC - Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Doha Film Institute
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- Screenwriters : Valentin Noujaïm, Dinah Ekchajzer
- Music Composer : Jean-Baptiste Noujaïm
- Assistant Director : Malek Hosni
- Editor : Dinah Ekchajzer
- Production manager : Orane Gibier
- Sound Editor : Antoine Martin
- Grader : Éléna Erhel
- Sound Mixer : Maxime Roy
- Narrator : Denis Lavant
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Documentary, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale, Science fiction
- Themes : Immigration, Minorities, Exile, Racial discrimination, Utopie
- Production language : French, Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Lebanon, Qatar
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Lebanon, Qatar)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 17 min 40 seconds
- Production formats : HD-CAM - Relief 3D
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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