Synopsis
Encouraged by an administration full of good intentions, Latefa and her two children, Walid and Ptissam, gallicize their first names at the same time as they attain French nationality. They face this singular ordeal with humor and lightnesś, just before the start of the school year.
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Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Mabel Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Manifest
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producers : Antoine Salomé, Joséphine Mourlaque
- Screenwriter : Samy Sidali
- Director of Photography : Manuel Bolaños
- Assistant director : Sonia Leval
- Editor : Julie Lena
- Sound Recordist : Renaud Duguet
- Costume designer : Anne Rodrigues
- Assistant Operator : Arthur Patain
- Production manager : Julie Hag-Martin
- Sound editor : Agathe Poche
- Continuity supervisor : Juliette Clénet
- Production Designer : Emmanuel Le Cerf
- Casting : Caroline Krieg
- Grader : Gadiel Bendelac
- Make-up Artist : Belza Beausoleil
- Sound Mixer : Maxime Roy
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Themes : Family, Immigration, Politics
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 18 min 3 seconds
- Visa number : 155.785
- Visa issue date : 16/02/2022
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)