Synopsis
November 11, 1918, Germany capitulates. The armistice is signed. In the days that follows, the General Staff send a letter: France must honor the memory of its soldiers by naming an unknown soldier. In an infantry regiment based in the Somme, Corporal Solal and the soldiers Malard, Klein, and Maestracci, are appointed to scour the battlefields in search of the ideal corpse.
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- Executive Producer : La Vie est Belle
- Co-production : Sedna Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Shortcuts
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- Executive Producer : Céline Maugis
- Screenwriter : Alexis Loukakis
- Director of Photography : Yoann Suberviolle
- Music Composer : Alexis Loukakis
- Assistant Director : Stephen Grégory
- Editor : Alexis Courtois
- Sound Recordist : Lug Lebel
- Costume designer : Émilie Malfaisan
- Co-producer : Cécile Vacheret
- Assistant Operator : Zoé Mention
- Production Manager : Leu-Wenn Delabie
- Sound Editor : Mathieu Tiger
- Production Assistant : Allan Masson
- Continuity supervisor : Mathilde Landa
- Production Designer : Julia Fimat
- Special Effects : Sony Alvares
- Grader : Guillaume Schmitter
- Make-up Artist : Camille Hage
- Sound Mixer : Mathieu Tiger
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Historical, Comedy, Black comedy
- Themes : War, History, Identity
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 23 min 2 seconds
- Visa number : 152.261
- Visa issue date : 23/09/2921
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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