Synopsis
Miss Opportune is a proper young woman who holds down an office job with a modern alembics company. She develops a crush on Monsieur Raymond, a fishmonger who has a stall in a market street, but she lacks the courage to tell him so. Her education and principles about social relationships forbid her to speak.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films de la Pléiade
- Film exports/foreign sales : Les Films du Jeudi
Full credits (4)
- Screenwriter : Jeanne Barbillon
- Director of Photography : Willy Kurant
- Music Composer : Jean Lemaire
- Narrator : Amédée
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1969
- Runtime : 16 min
- Visa number : 31140
- Visa issue date : 29/04/1969
- Color type : Black & White
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)