Synopsis
When Jeanne, eight, realizes that her father hides the extent of his worries from her, she loses faith in adults word. She decided then to play a joke on him so he could meet a lover. Until magic works, Jeanne runs away and discovers by looking at the sky that her loneliness is not real.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Full credits (17)
- Screenwriter : Isabelle Ricard
- Director of Photography : Antonin Boischot
- Music Composer : Bernard Weber
- Assistant director : Mélissa Lepore
- Editor : Benoit Lebec
- Sound Recordist : Kévin Lévêque
- Costume designer : Isabelle Ricard
- Producer : Isabelle Ricard
- Executive Producer : Isabelle Ricard
- Assistant Operator : Alexia Taleb
- Camera Operator : Cyril Marques
- Sound Editor : Sébastien Perron
- Continuity supervisor : Aude Reihlac
- Production Designers : Gaëlle Daireaux, François Sternberger
- Visual effects : Benoit Lebec
- Make-up Artist : Isabelle Ricard
- Sound Mixer : Sébastien Perron
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Philosophical tale, Romance
- Themes : Childhood, Solitude/loneliness, Spiritualité
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 12 min 8 seconds
- Visa number : 152.389
- Visa issue date : 21/08/2020
- Production formats : Photographic camera
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)