Synopsis
Djéné, forty-five, of Malian descent, illiterate and a mother of two, works as a chambermaid in a hotel for a subcontracting agency whose working conditions are appalling. One evening, she finds one of her colleagues lying unconscious on the floor, a victim of the frantic pace imposed by their managers. Djéné decides to bring her colleagues together to change things.
Credits
Directors (6)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producers : École Kourtrajmé, Lyly Films
Full credits (15)
- Screenwriter : Hada Korera
- Director of Photography : Nicolas Gallardo
- Music Composer : Benjamin Grossmann
- Assistant Director : Pierre Lagardère
- Editors : Hada Korera, Aladine Zaïane, Amine Sabor, Louise Délécaut, Pablo Malek, Joyce Kuoh Moukouri
- Sound Recordist : Elliott Deotto
- Assistant Operator : Julien de Sousa
- Camera Operator : Arno Polvent
- Production Manager : Hugo Riggi
- Sound Editor : Benjamin Laurent
- Continuity supervisor : Amandine Derdoukh
- Grader : Nicolas Guibert
- Make-up Artist : Maïmouna Gueye
- Sound Mixer : Benjamin Laurent
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Minorities, Society, Illiteracy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 17 min 27 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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