Synopsis
Far from the world, in the heart of the city, growing up cloistered, under strict supervision. Raised with her sisters by a tyrannical and violent North African mother who leaves them no freedom, nine-year-old Dalila, a powerless witness of this disaster, immerses herself in her world when the cries become too painful. A moment of their lives is captured, from the point of view of the youngest of the siblings, when she ate her favorite ice cream for the last time.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Ten2Ten Films
- Foreign production company : Octopods
- Film exports/foreign sales : L’Agence belge du court métrage
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Gwenaëlle Clauwaert
- Screenwriter : Zaïda Ghorab
- Director of Photography : Benjamin Morel
- Music Composer : Michel Gentils
- Assistant director : Peggy Desmeules
- Editor : Céline Kélépikis
- Sound Recordist : Galaad Germa
- Foreign Producer : Joao Vinhas
- Assistant Operator : Adrien Lengrand
- Production managers : Étienne Garcia, Simon Heymans
- Sound Editor : Robin Sebe
- Continuity supervisor : Marion Coste
- Production Designer : Claire Dupont
- Grader : Graziella Zanoni
- Make-up Artist : Diane Martin
- Sound Mixer : Gilles Bernardeau
- Sound design : Gilles Bernardeau
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Childhood, Family, Violence
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (90.0%), Belgium (10.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 14 min 52 seconds
- Visa number : 152.783
- Visa issue date : 06/08/3021
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : Under 12
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)