Synopsis
Ruined and abandoned by his wife, Francis is desperate. With the help of his friend Simon, he decides to kidnap Catarina, the wife of the man who scammed him, in order to blackmail him and recover his savings. They somehow manage to kidnap the alleged Catarina. At least that's what they think.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : oriGine films
- Foreign production company : Dreampixies
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films, L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Olivier Berlemont
- Screenwriter : Pierre Amstutz Roch
- Director of Photography : Kinan Massarani
- Music Composer : Maxime Hervé
- Assistant Director : Matthias Castegnaro
- Editor : Denis Camelin
- Sound Recordist : Masaki Hatsui
- Line Producer : Olivier Berlemont
- Voice : Chloé Taléomas
- Assistant Operators : Quentin Savoie, Antoine Le Corre
- Production manager : Anne-Laure Bell
- Sound Editor : Étienne Curchod
- Continuity supervisor : Sophie Bouteiller
- Production designers : Inès Alez-Martin, Angèle Canu
- Make-up Artist : Marie Goetgheluck
- Sound Mixer : Étienne Curchod
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Black comedy
- Themes : Revenge
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (59.0%), Switzerland (41.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Switzerland)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 15 min 38 seconds
- Visa number : 153.912
- Visa issue date : 03/08/2021
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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