Synopsis
Summer 1998. Simon, ten years old, shut himself up in silence following the death of his mother. While everyone lives to the rhythm of the Football World Cup, Simon spends his days in front of the TV watching VHS. His solitary daily life is trown into turmoil the day Helena rings at this door.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Solei Films, Supermouche Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Les Films Volants
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producers : Pauline Sylvestre, Emmanuel Georges
- Screenwriter : Olivier Lopes Barros
- Director of Photography : Alexandre Berry
- Music Composer : Santiago Dolan
- Assistant Director : Jordan Witz
- Editor : Olivier Lopes Barros
- Sound Recordist : Olivier Claude
- Costume designer : Léa Peixoto
- Executive Producer : Pauline Sylvestre
- Assistant Operator : Emmanuelle Gary
- Production manager : Pauline Sylvestre
- Sound Editor : Nicolas Cadiou
- Continuity supervisor : Iona Findji
- Production Designer : Damien Lemercier
- Casting : François Rivière
- Grader : Grégoire Lesturgie
- Make-up Artist : Amélie Chabeaux
- Sound Mixer : Kinane Moualla
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Romantic comedy, Drama, Children's films
- Themes : Friendship, Holiday, Childhood, Family
- Production language : French, Portuguese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 19 min 3 seconds
- Visa number : 156.789
- Visa issue date : 04/07/2022
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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