Synopsis
One summer evening, from his bedroom window, Theo sees a small luminous asteroid fall. He warns his older brother Thomas, but he doesn't believe it. In the night, Theo goes outside to encounter this celestial body. The next morning, Theo disappears.
Thirty years later, Thomas is saying farewell to his childhood home when his seven-year-old brother reappears.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Tonnerre
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Paviel Raymont
- Screenwriter : Olivier Tellier
- Director of Photography : Éloi Rimmelspacher
- Music Composer : David Gubitsch
- Assistant Director : Valentin Masson
- Editor : Ariane Boukerche
- Sound Recordist : Vivien Roche
- Assistant Operator : Thomas Bazin
- Production Manager : Paviel Raymont
- Sound Editor : Vivien Roche
- Continuity supervisor : Hélène Ruzic
- Production Designer : Simon Jerez
- Make-up Artist : Daniel Weimer
- Sound Mixer : Vivien Roche
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Bizarre
- Themes : Childhood, Nostalgia, Death
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 16 min 4 seconds
- Visa number : 152.538
- Visa issue date : 17/05/2021
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
Movies and programs to discover
MyFrenchShorts
Full movie to watch for free!
A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log (2013), by Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier
The year’s end celebrations are coming. Christmas : the tree, the dinner, the presents. Indian and Cowboy are expecting their presents eagerly. Overexcited by the organisation of the celebration, they fight and destroy the Yule log on which Horse was putting the last touch. Horse is livid and cancels the gifts from Santa Claus. How will they win back the favours of Horse and The Old Bearded Man? How will they retrieve their gifts ? For Indian and Cowboy begins a long, very long Christmas Eve.
🎄🎁 This new episode of cult animated series ‘A Town Called Panic’ was selected for festivals around the world, and notable gathered the Audience First Prize at the Bologna
Future Film Festival in Bologna.
It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.