Synopsis
Jarvis had just moved to his new empty appartement in Shanghai, when the pandemicl ockdown began. Hardly dealing with loneliness, he starts having dark and anxious thoughts. He tries to escape from his nightmares by eloping into the deserted city to get to a friend's house.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Films Grand Huit
- Foreign production company : Sayonara Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Shortcuts
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producers : Lionel Massol, Pauline Seigland
- Screenwriters : Adriano Valerio, Francesco Fioretto
- Directors of Photography : Francesco Fioretto, Olivier Dressen
- Music Composer : Enrico Ascoli
- Editor : Julien Perrin
- Foreign producers : Adam Selo, Olga Torrico
- Line Producers : Lionel Massol, Pauline Seigland
- Sound Editor : Enrico Ascoli
- Grader : Yannig Willmann
- Sound Mixer : Matteo Milani
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Solitude/loneliness, City, Society
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : France (80.0%), Italy (20.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 15 min 27 seconds
- Visa number : 153.690
- Visa issue date : 13/04/2021
- Production formats : HD - Photos
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.78
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
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Awards (1)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2021
Canal+ Prize
Prix SACEM de la meilleure musique originale : Enrico Ascoli
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