Synopsis
A woman comes out of a forest, goes home, discovers her own corpse and decides to hide it in a closet. She goes on living as if nothing had happened. She even deals with inheritance issues with her son. She meets several people who consider her alive. She plays the game, she saves time. At night, she checks to make sure her body is still intact. So nothing has changed?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films d'Argile
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Alice Bégon
- Screenwriters : Robert Cantarella, Stéphane Bouquet
- Director of Photography : Amine Berrada
- Music Composer : Alexandre Meyer
- Assistant director : Laura Glynn-Smith
- Editor : Caroline Detournay
- Sound Recordist : Rémi Chanaud
- Costume designer : Agathe Poitevin
- Line Producers : Alice Bégon, Clément Schneider
- Assistant Operator : Lucie Guénard
- Production manager : Bérangère Petitjean
- Sound Editor : Julien Gonnord
- Continuity supervisor : Pierre Cazeaux
- Production Designer : Sarah Schneider
- Make-up Artist : Mathilde Mercé
- Sound Mixer : Maxime Roy
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Fantasy
- Themes : Death, Illness, Ageing
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 40 min
- Visa number : 153.113
- Visa issue date : 09/11/2020
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)