Synopsis
Meriem and Réda are two young Algerians in love. They're not allowed to kiss in public, and have nowhere private to meet. This simple kiss turns into a real obstacle course. The question is: will they succeed?
Credits
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Actors (6)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Bien ou Bien Productions
- Co-production : Birth
- Foreign production company : 2 Horloges Production
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Zangro
- Screenwriters : Azedine Kasri, Médéric De Watteville, Simon Serna
- Director of Photography : François Ray
- Music Composer : Mordecai
- Assistant director : Imène Ayadi
- Editor : Camille Reysset
- Sound Recordist : Hocine Mellal
- Foreign Producer : Yacine Medkour
- Line Producer : Hakim Abdelfettah
- Co-producer : Hugo Legrand-Nathan
- Assistant Operator : Julia Portanier
- Production manager : Sarah Chayeb
- Sound Editor : Nassim El Mounabbih
- Continuity supervisor : Naïma Semghouni
- Foley artist : Didier Falk
- Grader : Evy Roselet
- Sound Mixer : Kinane Moualla
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
- Themes : The absurd, Love, Tolerance
- Production language : Kabyle, Arabic, French
- Coproducer countries : France (80.0%), Algeria (20.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Algeria)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 19 min 26 seconds
- Visa number : 156.315
- Visa issue date : 27/04/2023
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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