Synopsis
At the end of the 19th century, in a Sicilian countryside village, the young Pina holds the power to regenerate the land. With each harvest, the village is prey to shameless mafia looting. Pina's encounter with the mafia chief will plunge the hamlet into an era of starvation, endangering the destiny of the whole country.
Credits
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Punchline Cinéma
- Foreign production company : Next Days Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : L’Agence belge du court métrage
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Lucas Tothe
- Screenwriters : Jérémy Depuydt, Giuseppe Accardo
- Music Composers : David Gana, Laurent Cabrillat
- Editor : Jérémy Depuydt
- Sound Recordist : Laurent Martin
- Foreign producers : Maxime Feyers, François-Xavier Willems
- Voice : Chiara Calandrino, Cesare Biondolillo, Maria Stellino, Marcello Rimi, Giacomo Risico, Giuseppe Randazzo
- Production Designers : Jérémy Depuydt, Giuseppe Accardo, Gustave Isheja, Yohan Fontaine, Zélie Elkihel
- Animation : Pauline Defachelles, Vincent Detourbe
- Sound design : Julien Baissat
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : 2D animation, Fairy tale
- Themes : Countryside, Power, Love, Désir, Femininity, Imagination
- Production language : Sicilian
- Coproducer countries : France (50.0%), Belgium (50.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 50% French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 23 min 44 seconds
- Visa number : 154.569
- Visa issue date : 17/04/2023
- Production formats : Digital creation
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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