Synopsis
2019, Paris, at night, under Pont Alexandre 3, Maxime, eleven years old, is thinking of jumping into the Seine. A caped and masked woman, speaking English, stops him in his suicidal gesture and preaches to him. Maxime doesn't want to speak to her and flees from this strange character. But Marlène Superhero has a job to do. She won't leave without knowing why such a young teenager wants to die and how to help him. Maxime ends up admitting that he suffers from not being a Marine in the eyes of his parents who deny his transidentity. That night, Marlène saves Marine, or Marine saves Marlène.
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- Screenwriter : Gaël Nyte
- Director of Photography : Davy Bauret
- Music Composer : Christophe Héral
- Assistant Director : Diégo Sertillange
- Editor : Stéphane Roche
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Carlier
- Costume designer : Julien Humeau
- Producer : Gaël Nyte
- Executive Producer : Gaël Nyte
- Assistant Operator : Zoé Mention
- Production manager : Gaël Nyte
- Sound editor : Bridget O'Driscoll
- Continuity supervisor : Aurélie Platroz
- Production Designer : Esthel Eghnart
- Sound Mixer : Aymeric Dupas
- Location manager : Sarah Baqué
- Storyboard artist : Marc-Antoine Boidin
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Burlesque comedy
- Themes : Adolescence, Identity, Suicide
- Production language : French, English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 9 min 1 seconds
- Visa number : 153.418
- Visa issue date : 01/10/2020
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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