Synopsis
Zhi-Wei and Shu-Fen are a Taiwanese couple in their forties, whose life is marked by routine and a certain malaise. Zhi-Wei meets Amanda, a former fleeting lover, for a night during which the pain he carries deep inside him will be revealed.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Jour Prochain
- Foreign production company : Les Films du Cercle Jaune
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producer : Laurent Normand
- Screenwriter : Jean-Robert Thomann
- Director of photography : Chan Chen-Chih
- Music Composers : Lien Peiju, Ric Huang
- Assistant Director : Kuan-Yuan Lai
- Editor : Jean-Robert Thomann
- Sound Recordist : Jimmy Lee
- Costume designer : Zhang Kai-Yuan
- Executive Producer : Chiou Zi-Ning
- Assistant Operator : Huang Wei-Gen
- Camera operator : Chan Chen-Chih
- Sound editor : Erica Hu
- Continuity supervisor : Feng Hsiu-Yuan
- Production Designer : Lai Yong-Kun
- Grader : Kevin Hong
- Make-up Artist : Chou Nai-Qun
- Sound design : Vicky Ou, Yen-Ju Sylvia Chen
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Musical, Romance
- Themes : Relationships, Music, Nostalgia
- Production language : Mandarin
- Coproducer countries : France (75.0%), Taiwan (25.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Taiwan)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 34 min 20 seconds
- Visa number : 152.650
- Visa issue date : 20/04/2021
- Production formats : - HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
Resources
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)