Synopsis
Amin is a young spotter with the gift of gab from the projects in the suburbs of Paris. He uses his magnificent voice to warn dealers when the cops are on their way. Isabelle, a theater director at the Opera de Paris, sees the opportunity for Amin to become a soloist in her opera and offers him an artistic futur away from his ghetto. Will Amin be able to overcome the cultural gap in order to fulfill the hopes everyone placed in him ?
Credits
Directors (7)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : École Kourtrajmé, Lyly Films
- Co-productions : Les Films Pelléas, Opéra national de Paris
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (22)
- Screenwriter : Yassine Lassar Ramdani
- Director of Photography : Noé Mercklé
- Music Composer : Arthur Sajas
- Assistant directors : Pierre Lagardère, Elsie Otinwa
- Editors : Elsie Otinwa, Florence Fauquet, Ming Fai Sham Lourenço, Yassine Lassar Ramdani, Éloïse Monmirel, Laïlani Ridjali, Ismaïl Alaoui Fdili
- Sound Recordist : Hippolyte Leblanc
- Costume designers : Éloïse Monmirel, Laïlani Ridjali
- Line Producer : Amade Ly
- Voice : François Gardeil
- Co-producers : Alexander Neef, Philippe Martin, Dimitri Krassoulia
- Assistant Operators : Pierre Potonnier, Élisabeth Jolly, Clément Colliaux
- Production managers : Hugo Riggi, Jean-Philippe Rouxel
- Sound Editor : Tristan Lhomme
- Assistant editors : Murat Arslan, Jefry Lopalanga, Tanguy Ruiz, Aymeric Schoens
- Continuity supervisors : Jeanne Fontaine-Sarda, Amandine Derdoukh
- Production Designer : Ismaïl Alaoui Fdili
- Foley artist : Romain Anklewicz
- Grader : Laurent Ripoll
- Make-up Artist : Shirley Dubost
- Sound Mixer : Tristan Lhomme
- Sound design : Angy Laperdrix, Tristan Lhomme
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Social comedy, Film opéra
- Themes : Suburbia, Society, Youth
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 16 min 7 seconds
- Visa number : 156.239
- Visa issue date : 18/08/2022
- Production formats : HD - Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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