Synopsis
My friend Xiaoxin contracted eye disease. He gradually lost his eyesight from that point on. By 2015, he had gone completely blind. He told me that complete black scared him. I felt my friend was on his way to somewhere.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Éric Prigent
- Screenwriter : Yunyi Zhu
- Director of Photography : Raphaël Rueb
- Editor : Yuyan Wang
- Camera Operator : Raphaël Rueb
- Production Manager : Luc-Jérôme Bailleul
- Sound editors : Raphaël Zucconi, Yohei Yamakado
- Sound Mixer : Martin Delzescaux
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Experimental
- Themes : Illness, Solitude/loneliness, Nostalgia
- Production language : French, Chinese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 22 min 16 seconds
- Production formats : Super 8 - 16mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- 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)