Synopsis
Roxane, a young woman in her thirties, is overwhelmed since the birth of their six months old baby: unable to create a bound with her little one, she is drowning in tiredness and isolation. Now, even a simple car ride with her boyfriend, the baby’s father, turns into a fight. Roxane is smothering. She needs some fresh air.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Barney Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : Shortcuts
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producers : Saïd Hamich, Sophie Penson
- Screenwriter : Adriana Soreil
- Director of Photography : Maxence Lemonnier
- Editor : Baptiste Saint-Dizier
- Costume designer : Élise Cribier-Delande
- Production Manager : Guillaume Barry
- Continuity supervisor : Mélanie Parent-Chauveau
- Production Designer : Yolaine Grabarski
- Grader : Vincent Amor
- Make-up Artist : Sophie Moutier
- Sound mixers : Gauthier Cauvin, Alexis Meynet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Conflict, Relationships, Motherhood
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 21 min 59 seconds
- Visa number : 154.791
- Visa issue date : 28/02/2022
- Production formats : HD
- 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)