Synopsis
Tripoli, northern Lebanon. At sixty-four, Maha has just retired from teaching. This new life brings her face to face with her loneliness and boredom as a divorced woman, especially since her children have been living abroad for years. But hadn't she always dreamed of being an astronaut? What if she gave herself over to this promise of escape?
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (4)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : h7o7
- Film exports/foreign sales : MAD Solutions
Full credits (7)
- Screenwriter : Hadi Moussally
- Director of Photography : Olivier Pagny
- Music Composer : Loopstache
- Editor : Olivier Pagny
- Camera Operator : Olivier Pagny
- Special Effects : Olivier Pagny
- Grader : Olivier Pagny
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Horror, Drama
- Themes : Dreams, Family, Solitude/loneliness
- Production language : Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 19 min 25 seconds
- Visa number : 155.971
- Visa issue date : 02/03/2022
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.78
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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