Synopsis
Eight-year-old Madeleine accompanies her mother, a beautician, to the homes of new clients. When she arrives at one of the clients, she meets Eugenie, Constance, and Emerald, who invite her to the basement to play a cruel board game.
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (9)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : To Be Continued (TBC)
- Co-production : Le Lapin Blanc Production
- Foreign production company : Need Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Manifest
Full credits (21)
- Executive Producer : Vincent Brançon
- Screenwriters : Joséphine Darcy Hopkins, Jean-Jacques Kahn
- Director of Photography : Julien Grandjean
- Music Composer : Vincent Cahay
- Assistant directors : Rebecca Desmarescaux, Juliette Desseauve
- Editor : Mathieu Toulemonde
- Sound Recordist : Clément Lemariey
- Costume designer : Morgane Bellefet
- Foreign producers : Anne-Laure Guégan, Géraldine Sprimont
- Associate producers : Christophe Audeguis, François Cognard
- Co-producer : Jean Fournier
- Production Manager : Rachid Bahmani
- Sound Editor : Antoine Citrinot
- Continuity supervisor : Éva Muñoz
- Production Designer : Axel Dagnas
- Foley artist : Bertrand Boudaud
- Casting : Juliette Desseauve, Maria Pelon, Émilie Chaumat
- Special Effects : David Scherer
- Grader : Florian Martiny
- Make-up Artist : Amélie Chabeaux
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel De Boissieu
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Production language : French, English
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 25 min 41 seconds
- Visa number : 157.890
- Visa issue date : 24/04/2023
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)