Synopsis
Théo lives in a house by the sea, and often feels lonely. Hoping to find a playmate, the young boy puts a message in a bottle and throws it into the sea. He waits impatiently for his bottle, so small in the wide ocean, to find him a friend.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Nord
- Co-production : Pictanovo
- Foreign production company : La Boîte... Productions
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Arnaud Demuynck
- Screenwriter : Arnaud Demuynck
- Music Composer : Yan Volsy
- Editor : Célia Tocco
- Sound Editor : Yan Volsy
- Animation : Célia Tocco, Raphaëlle Prud’Homme
- Foley artist : Céline Bernard
- Sound Mixer : Nils Fauth
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (72.77%), Belgium (27.23%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 11 min 11 seconds
- Visa number : 153.733
- Visa issue date : 16/02/2021
- Production formats : Digital creation
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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About
Loosely based on the children’s book Les Bouteilles à la mer by Hubert Ben Kemoun and Olivier Latyk, published by Flammarion.
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