Black Soldier
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Production year2021
Runtime26 min
Synopsis
France, 1986. When Hughes, a young man from the French West Indies, discovers the new Freetime ad, it is a shock : France, the country where he was born, to which he owes his life and his identity, considers him a cannibal. This is the start of a radical awareness fueled by anger and frustration.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Spade, Agat Films - Ex nihilo
- Film exports/foreign sales : Manifest
- French distribution : The Jokers Films
Full credits (22)
- Executive Producers : Manuel Chiche, Nicolas Blanc
- Screenwriters : Jimmy Laporal-Trésor, Sébastien Birchler, Virak Thun
- Director of Photography : Romain Carcanade
- Music Composer : Tess Joly
- Assistant directors : Axelle Revilliod-Hansen, Matthieu Meyer
- Editor : Riwanon Le Beller
- Sound Recordist : Maxime Berland
- Costume designer : Laurence Benoît
- Co-producers : Violaine Barbaroux, Sarah Egry
- Assistant Operators : Matthieu Agius, Adrian Bernard
- Camera Operator : Stéphane Boissier
- Production Manager : Éric Chabot
- Sound Editor : Corentin Calarnou
- Continuity supervisor : Morgane Aubert-Bourbon
- Production Designer : Hélène Ustaze
- Foley artist : Romain Anklewicz
- Casting : Marine Albert
- Special Effects : David Bonenfant
- Grader : Charles Fréville
- Make-up Artist : Sophie Moutier
- Sound Mixer : Guillaume Tibi
- Unit Production Manager : Fabrice Bousba
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Historical, Action
- Themes : Racial discrimination, Suburbia, Adolescence
- Production language : French, Creole
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 26 min 59 seconds
- Visa number : 154.955
- Visa issue date : 29/07/2021
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
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