The Extravagant Illnesses
Synopsis
At 17 years old, Louis is a romantic boy, loving to spend time on a small island lost in the middle of a pond with his lover Thibault. But Thibault has also a relationship with Sophie. So, for him to be all his own, Louis casts a love spell on Thibault. When electricity shuts down during a party, Louis believes that it’s the sign his spell worked. But things didn’t turn out the way he hoped for.
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Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Short Round Films
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Arié Chamouni
- Screenwriter : Raphaël Deslandes
- Director of Photography : Quentin Guichard
- Assistant Director : Grégoire Serres
- Editor : Tianès Montasser
- Sound Recordist : Étienne Leplumey
- Assistant Operator : Paul Bony
- Production Manager : Arié Chamouni
- Sound Editor : François-Xavier Delaby
- Continuity supervisor : Mélanie Parent-Chauveau
- Production Designer : Ophélie Dubois-Essirard
- Casting : Aude Ruyter
- Special Effects : Thomas Dos Santos
- Grader : Lydia Lopez
- Make-up Artist : Sylvie Collasse
- Sound Mixer : François-Xavier Delaby
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Romance, Fantasy, Drama
- Themes : Adolescence, Dreams, Homosexuality
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 23 min 57 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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