Synopsis
While working in Strasbourg on her latest animated short, Weijia Ma has to rush back to China when France is under lockdown. Upon her arrival, another lockdown awaits her. Fourteen days in a hotel, like a bear in its cave. From the surreal flight to her quarantine, the director recounts this experience through a filmed diary, with humor, inventiveness and a touch of romantic comedy.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Valseurs
- Foreign production company : Beyond Frozen Films Co.ltd
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producers : Damien Megherbi, Justin Pechberty
- Editors : Weijia Ma, Jérôme Bréau
- Foreign producer : ShanShan Li
- Voice-over : Weijia Ma
- Camera operator : Weijia Ma
- Sound Editor : Benjamin Lecuyer
- Grader : Caïque De Souza
- Sound Mixer : Benjamin Lecuyer
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Black comedy
- Themes : Solitude/loneliness, City, Human nature
- Production language : Chinese
- Coproducer countries : France (93.5%), China (6.5%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, China)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 34 min 29 seconds
- Visa number : 154.962
- Visa issue date : 05/07/2021
- Production formats : Cellphone
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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Awards (1)
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http://lesvalseurs.com /my-quarantine-bear/
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