Synopsis
Lila suffocates in her brother's hospital room, she his the road. Vintimiglia. Women are loading a truck for a food distribution for refugees who try to cross the border. It's ramadan, they must eat before the prayer. Carrying bread loafs in her arms, Lila meets Youssef. Youssef doesn't speak a word of french and he's starving.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Anne Luthaud
- Screenwriter : Marine Beauguion
- Director of Photography : Simon Roche
- Assistant directors : Bruno Laurec, Zoé Bihan
- Editor : Matthieu Taponier
- Sound Recordist : Olivier Pelletier
- Costume designer : Julia Fouroux
- Executive Producer : Anne Luthaud
- Assistant Operators : Arnaud Gaudelle, Samuel Ribeiro
- Production Manager : Pierre Delaunay
- Sound editor : Diane Prieur
- Continuity supervisor : Virginie Cheval
- Sound mixer : Caroline Reynaud
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Exile, Death, Exodus, Immigration
- Production language : French, English, Italian, Somali, Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 24 min 40 seconds
- Visa number : 155.151
- Visa issue date : 05/01/2022
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)