Synopsis
Chenghua is nine years old and has to prepare a presentation about space with her best friend. She can't find the time to do it because her parents are always asking her to translate for them. Her parents don't speak French and are dependent on their daughter, unaware of the burden this places on her. Chenghua can't take any more and tries to free herself from her family. Her desire for space and her natural enthusiasm will help her take the step.
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Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Tripode Productions
- Foreign production company : Need Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Shortcuts, MIAM! Animation (MIAM! distribution)
- French distribution : Les Films du Préau
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Delphine Schmit
- Screenwriters : Anna Fregonese, Noémi Gruner
- Music Composer : Sarah Triquet
- Editors : César Díaz, Noémi Gruner
- Sound recordist : Pascale Schaer
- Foreign producers : Géraldine Sprimont, Anne-Laure Guégan
- Associate Producer : Guillaume Dreyfus
- Executive Producer : Delphine Schmit
- Voice : Luna Depuydt Song, Walid Ghoul, Fadila Bouanati, Xiexiang Song, Eugénie Gaudel, Yves Yang, Iñaki Lartigue, Aurélia Petit
- Production manager : Virginie Guilminot
- Sound editor : Laure Bardou
- Production designers : Agathe Noblet, Jihua Zhu
- Animation : Maria Blowers, Kevin Faria, Chien-Ju Hung, Fanny Jiang, Coralie Oquidam, Bertille Rondard, Chloé Roux, Marilou Sarrat-Rouch
- Foley artist : Céline Bernard
- Casting : Stéphanie Doncker
- Sound Mixer : Gilles Bénardeau
- Storyboard artist : Séléna Picque
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Cartoon, Drama, Children's films
- Themes : Childhood, Family, Inventions
- Production language : French, Chinese
- Coproducer countries : France (94.0%), Belgium (6.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 25 min 36 seconds
- Visa number : 154.753
- Visa issue date : 01/12/2022
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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