Synopsis
While her dad has an afternoon snooze, a little girl slips out to go and play in the sand dunes. Feeling bored all alone, she watches a hermit crab as it passes by. Imitating its strange sideways steps, she starts to dance and finds the joy of her movements liberating.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Nord
- Foreign production company : La Boîte... Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (10)
- Screenwriters : Cloë Coutel, Angel Binard
- Director of Photography : Angel Binard
- Music Composers : Yan Volsy, Julien Divisia
- Voice : Violette Binard, Yan Volsy
- Production Manager : Michaël Cinquin
- Sound Editor : Yan Volsy
- Animation : Angel Binard, Raphaëlle Prud’Homme, Adrien Waszak
- Grader : Michaël Cinquin
- Sound Mixer : Nils Fauth
- Sound design : Yan Volsy
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : 2D animation, Children's films
- Themes : Dance, Childhood, Games
- Production language : No dialogue
- Coproducer countries : France (89.0%), Belgium (11.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 6 min 32 seconds
- Visa number : 154.524
- Visa issue date : 08/03/2022
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (4)

Hamburg (Mo & Friese) - International Children's Film Festival
Germany, 2022
Compétition internationale



Resources
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https://www.lesfilmsdunord.com/vague-a-l-ame
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