Synopsis
Alex is the only girl in her automotive biomechanics class. For her degree, she has chosen to build an engine made of artificial flesh. One night, Chloé, who shares her boarding school room, discovers that Alex takes a singular pleasure in working on her living machine.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Bobi Lux
- Foreign production company : Naoko Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Capricci
Full credits (20)
- Executive Producer : Claire Bonnefoy
- Screenwriter : Mael Le Mée
- Director of Photography : Arnaud Alberola
- Music Composer : Senjan Jansen
- Assistant directors : Charlène Brimaud, Juliette Morini
- Editor : Aurélien Guégan
- Sound Recordist : Thibaut Sichet
- Costume designer : Éloïse Gilbert
- Foreign producers : Vincent Metzinger, Beata Saboova
- Sound Assistant : Manel Weidmann
- Assistant Operator : Émile Boré
- Production manager : Louise Massis
- Sound Editor : Bert Aerts
- Continuity supervisor : Juliette Clénet
- Production Designer : Juliàn Gomez
- Foley artist : Vincent Gregorio
- Casting : François Rivière
- Grader : Guillaume Schmitter
- Make-up Artist : Agathe Bernardon
- Sound mixers : Senjan Jansen, Bert Aerts
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (90.0%), Belgium (10.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 25 min 44 seconds
- Visa number : 158.154
- Visa issue date : 03/03/2023
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
News & awards
Selections (5)
Awards (2)
Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia
Spain, 2022
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