Synopsis
Eric, an introverted bachelor in his forties, has been working at the same Belgian brewery for twenty years. At the moment he wants to quit so he can travel and throw off the shackles of his routine, he realizes that he's the only one who can save the brewery by entering a beer decapping contest.
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Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : La Méridienne
- Foreign production company : Julien Dewitte Vidéo Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L’Agence belge du court métrage
Full credits (19)
- Executive Producers : Pierre Hervé, Marine Colomies
- Screenwriters : Julien Dewitte, Valérie Cattoir
- Director of Photography : Axel-Youri Meernout
- Music Composer : Thibault Torzuoli
- Assistant Director : Jérémy Puffet
- Editor : Frédéric Dupont
- Sound Recordist : Eliott Puttemans
- Costume designer : Valériane Tramasure
- Foreign Producer : Julien Dewitte
- Line Producers : Pierre Hervé, Marine Colomies
- Assistant Operators : Romain Roobaert, Anatole Mandroyan
- Camera Operator : Axel-Youri Meernout
- Production manager : Marion Salieri
- Sound Editor : Eliott Puttemans
- Continuity supervisors : Margot Guy, Clémentine Caillau
- Production Designer : Camille Leys
- Grader : Félix Lépinne
- Make-up Artist : Inès Infanti
- Sound Mixer : Eliott Puttemans
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Solitude/loneliness, Work, Friendship
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (75.0%), Belgium (25.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 14 min 56 seconds
- Visa number : 156.684
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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The year’s end celebrations are coming. Christmas : the tree, the dinner, the presents. Indian and Cowboy are expecting their presents eagerly. Overexcited by the organisation of the celebration, they fight and destroy the Yule log on which Horse was putting the last touch. Horse is livid and cancels the gifts from Santa Claus. How will they win back the favours of Horse and The Old Bearded Man? How will they retrieve their gifts ? For Indian and Cowboy begins a long, very long Christmas Eve.
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It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.
