Three Grains Of Salt
Synopsis
Two sisters aged 8 and 5 hang out alone at home, in the middle of the country side. Elsa, the youngest swallow three grains of coarse salt. Judith announces to her that she’s doomed to a death by desiccation. She only has a few hours to live, when the return of their mother with her ardent and feverish behavior, turns the family's destiny upside down.
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- Executive Producer : Les Films Norfolk
- Film exports/foreign sales : Manifest
- Foreign distributor (short film) : Manifest
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producers : Marine Lepaulmier, Noël Fuzellier, Philippe Wendling
- Screenwriter : Ingrid Chikhaoui
- Director of photography : Charlotte Michel
- Music Composer : Carla Pallone
- Assistant director : Sophie Razavi
- Editor : Sarah Ternat
- Sound Recordist : Vincent Piponnier
- Assistant Operator : Kevin-Felix Lassa
- Production manager : Malya Bouchareb
- Continuity supervisor : Aurélie Bidault
- Production Designer : Lucile Chemarin
- Casting : Ingrid Chikhaoui, Sophie Lainé-Diodovic
- Grader : Charlotte Michel
- Make-up Artist : Roxane Blondel
- Sound Mixer : Jérémie Halbert
- Location Manager : Valentin Truchet
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Education, Childhood, Psychology
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 26 min 27 seconds
- Visa number : 155.833
- Visa issue date : 15/06/2022
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.89
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
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Awards (1)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2022
Mention spéciale du jury étudiant national
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