Synopsis
Betty (24), wakes up in a burns unit in hospital, crippled with pain and swaddled in bandages. She swings between dreams and memories, trying to free herself of the terror a violent man has aroused in her.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Insolence Productions
- Foreign production company : Need Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Manifest
Full credits (21)
- Screenwriter : Camille Vigny
- Director of Photography : Tristan Galand
- Music Composer : Ruben De Gheselle
- Assistant directors : Angel Adhera, Claire De Spéville
- Editor : Virginie Messiaen
- Sound Recordist : Gianluca Kegelaert
- Costume designer : Sixtine Neulat
- Foreign producer : Anne-Laure Guégan
- Line producers : Anne-Laure Guégan, Géraldine Sprimont
- Co-producers : Anaïs Bertrand, Pascaline Saillant
- Assistant Operator : Myriam Amouri
- Camera Operator : Tristan Galand
- Production Manager : Arnaud Aubey
- Sound Editor : Charles Deville
- Continuity supervisor : Baptiste Guiard
- Production Designer : Emmanuel De Meulemeester
- Special Effects : François Jacques
- Grader : Loup Brenta
- Make-up Artist : Johanna Cool
- Sound mixer : Aline Gavroy
- Sound design : Ruben De Gheselle
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Bizarre
- Themes : Fear, Metamorphosis, Harassment/bullying
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Belgium (65.0%), France (35.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Belgium, France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 15 min 25 seconds
- Visa number : 156.597
- Visa issue date : 20/03/2023
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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