Synopsis
A little boy walks down the stairs of a high school to join the playground. Benjamin reminds himself of a violent game he used to play with his group of friends while they were just 14 years old.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Chidori Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (19)
- Executive Producer : Simon Lamoine
- Screenwriter : Simon Lamoine
- Director of Photography : Alban Robert
- Assistant Director : Éloi De Villepin
- Editors : Tiffanie Montabrun, Simon Lamoine, Nicolas Roux
- Sound Recordist : Hadrien Lemoine
- Costume designer : Amélie Piétri
- Line Producer : Jules Reiffers
- Voice-over : Simon Lamoine
- Assistant Operator : Romain Tissier
- Camera Operator : Alban Robert
- Production Manager : Maxence Mariette
- Sound editors : Simon Lamoine, Yann Contin
- Continuity supervisor : Miléna Sallerin
- Graders : Simon Lamoine, Alban Robert, El Hadj Karamoko
- Make-up Artist : Malvina Mzayek
- Sound mixers : Yann Contin, Simon Lamoine
- Narrator : Simon Lamoine
- Sound design : Hadrien Lemoine
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Action
- Themes : Childhood, Friendship
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 13 min 40 seconds
- Visa number : 157.079
- Visa issue date : 13/06/2022
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.89
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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