Synopsis
For 30 years, Cora has woken up every morning at 4am to go work at the factory and raise her daughter, Alex, gone to Paris, much to Cora’s regret, to try to become a filmmaker. As Cora is about to retire, she would very much like Alex to finally abandon this risky choice, but Alex is preparing her first film.
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- Executive Producer : The Living
- Foreign production company : Need Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Shortcuts
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- Executive Producer : Nathalie Dennes
- Screenwriter : Pauline Gay
- Director of Photography : Adrien Lecouturier
- Assistant director : Carla Hennequart
- Editor : Julie Lena
- Sound Recordist : Jérémie Vernerey
- Costume designer : Gaëlle Charre
- Foreign producers : Anne-Laure Guégan, Géraldine Sprimont
- Assistant Operator : Guillaume Gry
- Production manager : Léa Goldziuk
- Sound editor : Lise Bouchez
- Continuity supervisor : Maël Marmey
- Production Designer : Damien Lemercier
- Foley artist : Céline Bernard
- Casting : Marlène Serour, Michaël Bier
- Grader : Loup Brenta
- Make-up Artist : Mélanie Bourgeois
- Sound mixer : Aline Gavroy
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Portrait, Drama
- Themes : Family, Work, Ageing
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (85.0%), Belgium (15.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 25 min 48 seconds
- Visa number : 158.600
- Visa issue date : 07/03/2024
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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