Synopsis
An 8 years-old boy finds a dead man's body at a top of a mountain. As he knocks on the doors of the village, trying to solve the mystery, a portrait of a village is revealed - a place in transition between the traditions of the past and the violence of contemporary reality.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : La Belle Affaire Productions
- Foreign production company : Centrul Cultural Meta
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Jérôme Blesson
- Screenwriter : Yotam Ben-David
- Director of photography : Ana Draghici
- Editor : Yotam Ben-David
- Sound recordist : Flora Pop
- Sound Editor : Benoît Maerens
- Grader : Yannig Willmann
- Sound Mixer : Victor Praud
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Fairy tale
- Themes : Death, Monde rural, Traditions
- Production language : Romanian
- Coproducer countries : Romania (79.0%), France (21.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Romania, France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 15 min
- Visa number : 155.949
- Visa issue date : 07/04/2022
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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