Synopsis
Somewhere in Colombia, a Nile crocodile hides from the tourists of the zoo. Carlos, his caretaker, is trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter. Far away somewhere in France, a director suffers from sleep paralysis and struggles to complete his film. Gradually, these three stories converge.
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Actors (4)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Ecce Films
- Foreign production company : Evidencia Films
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producers : Emmanuel Chaumet, Mathilde Delaunay
- Screenwriter : Guillermo Moncayo
- Directors of Photography : Mateo Guzmán, Guillermo Moncayo
- Editor : Jeanne Sarfati
- Sound recordists : Juan Camilo Martínez Idárraga, Fabio Espejo
- Foreign producers : Franco Lolli, Capucine Mahé
- Production manager : Xiomara Rojas Prieto
- Sound editor : Carole Verner
- Production Designers : Daniela Turrini, Guillermo Moncayo
- Sound Mixer : Simon Apostolou
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Documentary, Experimental
- Themes : Family, Exile, Exodus, Memories
- Production language : Spanish
- Coproducer countries : France (70.0%), Colombia (30.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Colombia)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 28 min 48 seconds
- Visa number : 152.630
- Visa issue date : 06/08/2020
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- 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)