Synopsis
In 1960s Portugal, a pink jacket leaves the closet and turns the sewing workshop into a torture chamber. A film that metaphorically evokes the trajectory of Rosa Casaco, a Portuguese political police officer.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Vivement Lundi !
- Co-production : ARTE France
- Foreign production companies : Animais, Um Segundo Filmes
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producer : Jean-François Le Corre
- Screenwriter : Mónica Santos
- Directors of Photography : Manuel Pinto Barros, Pedro Negrão
- Music Composers : Pedro Marques, Pedro Da Silva Martins
- Editor : Mónica Santos
- Sound Recordist : Kévin Feildel
- Costume designer : Mónica Santos
- Foreign producers : Vanessa Ventura, Nuno Amorim, Humberto Rocha, Pedro Medeiros
- Line Producer : Davide Freitas
- Voice : Gilberto Oliveira
- Production Manager : Fabrice Dugast
- Sound Editor : Kévin Feildel
- Production Designers : Daniel Fonseca, Joana Nogueira, Matilde Camacho, Milton Pacheco, Nurian Brandão, Patrícia Rodrigues, Mónica Santos
- Animation : Joana Nogueira, Mónica Santos, Patrícia Rodrigues, Rita Sampaio
- Foley artist : Bertrand Boudaud
- Graders : Léo Mondon, Manuel Pinto Barros
- Sound Mixer : Damien Tronchot
- Sound design : Kévin Feildel
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Stop-motion, Children's films, Historical, Black comedy
- Themes : History, Politics
- Production language : Portuguese
- Coproducer countries : Portugal (44.0%), France (56.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Portugal, France)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 8 min 42 seconds
- Visa number : 156.612
- Visa issue date : 03/08/2022
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (4)
Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival
Portugal, 2023
National Competition
International Competition
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