Synopsis
A man sets out on a cargo ship, in Martinique, following in the footsteps of the poet and philosopher Édouard Glissant. During the crossing, he has a dream, an allegory about the end of slavery.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
Full credits (19)
- Executive Producers : Anne Luthaud, Marcello Cavagna, Joanna Sitkowska
- Screenwriter : Hugo Rousselin
- Director of Photography : Alexandre Tyl
- Music Composers : Cécile Le Prado, Julien Béramis, Watabwi (Groupe)
- Assistant Director : Joseph Minster
- Editor : Julien Schickel
- Sound Recordist : Arno Ledoux
- Costume designer : Aurélie Rogemond
- Author of original work : Édouard Glissant
- Assistant Operators : Morgane Nègre, Noémie Commissaire
- Production Manager : Enrique Torres
- Sound Editor : Arno Ledoux
- Assistant Editor : Maxime Cappello
- Continuity supervisor : Louise Albon
- Production designers : Julie Plumelle, Chrystèle Birée
- Visual effects : Yannig Willmann
- Grader : Yannig Willmann
- Sound Mixer : Arno Ledoux
- Narrator : Damien Bonnard
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Research - Experimental
- Themes : Poetry, Freedom, History
- Production language : French, Creole
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 18 min 8 seconds
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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