The Man Who Wanted to Sleep
Synopsis
Alfred, a resident of a retirement home, can no longer get to sleep, disturbed by the incessant bedhopping of the other residents. Exasperated, he decides to leave in the middle of the night to sleep outside. But between the anti-homeless furniture and the surveillance robots, sleeping has become a luxury and Alfred doesn't know it yet.
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- Executive Producer : Caïmans Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
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- Executive Producers : Jérôme Barthélemy, Daniel Sauvage
- Screenwriter : Thibault Lang-Willar
- Director of Photography : Antony Diaz
- Music Composer : Benoît Rault
- Assistant Director : Anthony Moreau
- Editor : Ève Le Cardonnel
- Sound Recordist : Raphaël Bigaud
- Costume designer : Valérie Bigeard
- Voice : Adrien Lemaire
- Assistant Operator : Arslan Terrien
- Production manager : Marie-Mars Prieur
- Sound Editor : Xavier Thibault
- Continuity supervisor : Romy Dupuis
- Production Designer : Claire Vaysse
- Make-up Artist : Mélanie Bruneau
- Sound Mixer : Sébastien Pierre
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Comedy
- Themes : Ageing, Freedom, Society
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 13 min 8 seconds
- Visa number : 153.710
- Visa issue date : 08/03/2021
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : DTS 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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