Synopsis
Charles is an old and lonely cemetery keeper. One night, at closing time, a visitor calls him out: He’s looking for his biological mom’s grave. Charles doesn’t recognize the dead woman’s name, but, confronted to that man’s distress and determination, he decides to help him. There starts an unusual night for both of them.
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Actors (2)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : oriGine films, Ladybirds Films, Lalilulelo Productions
- Line production : oriGine films
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producers : Olivier Berlemont, Émilie Dubois, Jules David, Mehdi Haddou
- Screenwriters : Romain Lafargue, Thibault Lafargue
- Director of Photography : Fabien Drugeon
- Music Composer : Adrien Beunas-Janot
- Assistant Director : Maxence Robin
- Editor : Jonathan Lago Lago
- Sound Recordist : Florian Vourlat
- Costume designer : Corinne Bruand
- Line Producers : Olivier Berlemont, Émilie Dubois
- Assistant Operators : Émilie Crépet, Arthur Bartoli
- Production manager : Anne-Laure Bell
- Sound Editor : Clément Claude
- Continuity supervisor : Marina Ortis
- Production Designer : Caroline Canu
- Make-up Artist : Victoria Vinas
- Sound Mixer : Gildas Mercier
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Psychological drama, Suspense film
- Themes : Psychology, Murder, Countryside
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 19 min 2 seconds
- Visa number : 153.502
- Visa issue date : 09/08/2021
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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