Synopsis
A man who has lost all hope in humanity, decides to put an end to it all. A woman will try to dissuade him from doing so. Seeing his determination to die, she suggests a more glorious death, in order to enter the history of consciousness through a most irrational act.
Credits
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Actors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Traveling Angel Films
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Olivier Casas
- Screenwriter : Vivien Saddier
- Director of Photography : Romain Fisson-Edeline
- Assistant Director : Yves Lamigeon
- Editor : Olivia Chiché
- Sound Recordist : Cosimo Mero
- Costume designer : Marie Chalopin
- Line Producer : Alexandre Poulichot
- Camera Operator : Romain Fisson-Edeline
- Production Manager : Aymeric Charneau
- Sound Editor : Julien Gonnord
- Continuity supervisor : Karen Waks
- Production Designer : Mélodie Nishida
- Visual effects : Arnaud Laurent
- Make-up Artist : Marine Le Guennan
- Sound Mixer : Jérôme Wiciak
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Drama, Comedy
- Themes : The absurd, Death, Philosophy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 13 min 20 seconds
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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