Synopsis
Whaling has been around for centuries. It seems the fruit of man’s violence, destroying himself by destroying nature. Accompanying the rise of capitalism, the practice survives today, reflecting humans’ eternal destructiveness of nature and the creatures unable to resist them.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Envie de Tempête Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Frédéric Dubreuil
- Screenwriter : Jean-Gabriel Périot
- Director of Photography : Thibault Jacquin
- Music Composers : Jean-Sébastien Nouveau, Martin Duru
- Editor : Jean-Gabriel Périot
- Sound Recordist : Dana Farzanehpour
- Author of original work : Herman Melville
- Line Producer : Frédéric Dubreuil
- Voice-over : Denis Lavant
- Production manager : Jessica Cressy
- Sound Editor : Xavier Thibault
- Grader : Gadiel Bendelac
- Sound mixer : Laure Arto
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Research - Experimental
- Themes : Human nature , Politics, Ocean
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 12 min 44 seconds
- Visa number : 155.589
- Visa issue date : 22/09/2022
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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