Synopsis
A loose adaptation of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis.
Grégoire Samsa is a lonely young building janitor, always ready to do anyone a favor in order to exist. Despised, even by his adoptive mother, Grégoire begins an uncontrolled mutation. Coléoptère is a fantastic fable about the physical and psychological metamorphosis of an unremarkable young man seeking to be looked at, loved and accepted.
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Director (1)
Actors (8)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Greenlight Films
- Co-productions : Récifilms, Les Films Jouror
- Film exports/foreign sales : Next Film Distribution
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Paul Mignot
- Screenwriter : Martin Gouzou
- Director of Photography : Angelo Marques
- Assistant director : Lisa Benard
- Editors : Virginie Kahn, Tao Delport
- Sound Recordist : Niels Boonne
- Costume designer : Émilie Monchovet
- Executive Producer : Léa Braquet
- Assistant Operator : Thibaud Roussel
- Production manager : Léa Braquet
- Sound Editor : Tao Delport
- Continuity supervisor : Virginie Kahn
- Production Designer : Anaïs Profit
- Grader : Arnaud Laurent
- Make-up Artist : Romina Allio
- Sound Mixer : Polérik Rouvière
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 15 min 1 seconds
- Visa number : 155.270
- Visa issue date : 11/10/2023
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
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A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log (2013), by Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier
The year’s end celebrations are coming. Christmas : the tree, the dinner, the presents. Indian and Cowboy are expecting their presents eagerly. Overexcited by the organisation of the celebration, they fight and destroy the Yule log on which Horse was putting the last touch. Horse is livid and cancels the gifts from Santa Claus. How will they win back the favours of Horse and The Old Bearded Man? How will they retrieve their gifts ? For Indian and Cowboy begins a long, very long Christmas Eve.
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Future Film Festival in Bologna.
It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.
