The Right Words
Synopsis
Fifteen-year-old Kenza and her thirteen-year-old brother Mahdi regularly act out an escalation of petty cruelties and humiliations inspired by social networks. Today, during a bus ride, Kenza puts her naive and romantic little brother to the test: he must make a declaration of love right now to Jada; a girl Mahdi loves but who doesn't know him. Pressured by his sister, Mahdi finally sets out about it.
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- Executive Producer : Punchline Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : Salaud Morisset, L'Agence du court métrage
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- Executive Producers : Lucas Tothe, Sylvain Lagrillère
- Screenwriters : Adrian Moyse Dullin, Emma Benestan
- Director of Photography : Augustin Barbaroux
- Assistant directors : Arthur Guerrand, Solenne Pierre, Clara Lecompte
- Editor : Pierre Deschamps
- Sound Recordist : Colin Favre-Bulle
- Costume designer : Clara René
- Assistant Operators : Jonas Gayraud, Clémence Pittillioen
- Production managers : Thomas Bouvard, Samuel Bilboulian
- Sound Editor : Tristan Pontécaille
- Assistant Editor : Vincent Rinaldi
- Continuity supervisor : Louise Albon
- Foley artist : Xavier Drouault
- Casting : Marion Peyret
- Grader : Grégoire Lesturgie
- Make-up Artists : Olivia Théron, Coline Diot, Caroline Hapillon, Camille Pohier, Alizée Benoist, Lucie Corde
- Sound Mixer : Paul Jousselin
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Romantic comedy
- Themes : Adolescence, Love, Désir, Identity
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 14 min 49 seconds
- Visa number : 153.764
- Visa issue date : 09/06/2021
- Production formats : Digital creation - HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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Awards (2)
Unifrance Short Film Awards
France, 2021
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Mention spéciale du jury des jeunes professionnels
About
In his first film, co-written with Emma Benestan, Adrian Moyse Dullin directs a schoolboy who tries his hand at courtly love. Brimming with energy, this ultra-contemporary tale of wit and gallantry was the only French representative in the Short Film Competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
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