Synopsis
Between four walls, two women are waiting. One, for death that keeps passing her by. The other, for her life to finally begin. Based on a recorded conversation, the film simulates their attempt to escape what they cannot help but live, while they realize that nothing can be sometimes special.
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- Executive Producer : Ikki Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Varicoloured
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- Executive producers : Nidia Santiago, Edwina Liard
- Screenwriters : Efrat Berger, Shir Shafrir
- Directors of Photography : Simon Filliot, Tal Ninyo
- Music Composer : Pierre Oberkampf
- Editor : Efrat Berger
- Co-producer : Efrat Berger
- Production manager : Alejandra López-Desneux
- Sound Editor : Matthieu Langlet
- Production designers : Marion Le Guillou, Hani Dombe, Nina Alon Gronove
- Animation : Bilitis Levillain, Gilles Coirier, Tom Kouris
- Foley artist : Benjamin Rosier
- Artistic director : Efrat Berger
- Special Effects : Zélie Durand-Khalifat
- Grader : Gal Issar
- Sound Mixer : Shahaf Wagshall
- Participants : Maylin Malenio, Ruth Farhi
- Storyboard artist : Stav Levi
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Animated film
- Sub-genre : Drama, Stop-motion
- Themes : Imagination, Nostalgia, Ageing
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : France (86.89%), Israel (13.11%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Israel)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 14 min 56 seconds
- Visa number : 158.260
- Visa issue date : 23/11/2023
- Production formats : Live footage
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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