Head in the Stars
Synopsis
Alex, an eighteen-year-old astrophysics student, dreams of the cosmos and of working at NASA, far from earthly concerns. But his bubble bursts when his mother, suffering from breast cancer, is about to undergo surgery: an event that throw him off orbit, during a sleepless night when nothing happens as planned and when Alex gets lost before deciding to land.
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Actors (7)
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- Executive Producer : Les Produits Frais
- Foreign production company : Daylight Films
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- Executive Producer : Damien Lagogué
- Screenwriter : Coralie Majouga
- Director of Photography : Raphaël Rueb
- Music Composer : Loup Mormont
- Assistant Director : Oscar Le Pollotec
- Editor : Nicolas Bier
- Sound Recordist : Loïc Chautemps
- Foreign producer : Marina Festré
- Voice-overs : Camille Santos, Andreas Krueger
- Assistant Operator : Roxanne Bois
- Production manager : Marianne Nicole
- Sound Editor : Renaud Guillaumin
- Continuity supervisor : Kilian Sturm
- Production Designer : Sarah Berthet-Nivon
- Foley artist : Bertrand Boudaud
- Casting : Marion Ducamp
- Grader : Loup Brenta
- Make-up Artist : Amélie Chabeaux
- Sound Mixer : David Davister
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Family, Science, Solitude/loneliness
- Production language : French, Russian, Chinese
- Coproducer countries : France (90.0%), Belgium (10.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 23 min 32 seconds
- Visa number : 156.605
- Visa issue date : 23/11/2022
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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