Synopsis
Sabur (28) comes to the house of the committed Barbara (60), who makes it her mission to prepare refugees for life in the West. Zakaria, a young Afghan like Sabur, has been with Barbara for some time. This bond is to be extended with Sabur, but he does not feel in the right place. To make his place his the West, has he got to pray Jesus and trim the hedges ?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Mabel Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Manifest
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producers : Antoine Salomé, Joséphine Mourlaque
- Screenwriter : Markus Zizenbacher
- Director of Photography : Patrick Wally
- Editor : Antonia-Marleen Klein
- Sound recordist : Claudia Joldes
- Camera Operator : Patrick Wally
- Sound Editor : Benjamin Pieber
- Grader : Daniel Hollerweger
- Sound Mixer : Manuel Meichsner
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Black comedy
- Themes : Society, Immigration, Youth
- Production language : German
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 20 min 28 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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