Plus douce est la nuit
Synopsis
West Africa, early 1960s: a French officer is assigned to find a missing missionary. His investigation, amid mistrust, silence and prejudice, takes him far from the light of the shores, there to where day and night merge.
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Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : JPL Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Jean-François Bigot, Camille Raulo
- Screenwriter : Fabienne Wagenaar
- Directors of Photography : Fabrice Richard, Damien Buquen
- Music Composer : Julien Desailly
- Editors : Jean-Marie Le Rest, Mathilde Parquet
- Sound Recordist : Jan Vysocky
- Voice : Alexis Ballesteros, Patrick Messe, Bass Dhem, Isabelle Desplantes, Isabelle Charles, Mariam Kaba, Yéliba Mélodie Koeta, Salli Doumbia, Diouc Koma, Jean-Marc Pannetier, Adama Koeta, Thierry D'Armor, Massimo Riggi, Claude Ventrillard, Louis-Léon Leconte
- Production designers : Fabienne Wagenaar, Marine Dillard, Anne-Sophie Raimond
- Animation : Mathilde Parquet, Paola de Sousa, Cécile Milazzo
- Grader : Pierre Bouchon
- Graphic designer : Fabienne Wagenaar
- Storyboard artist : Fabienne Wagenaar
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Drama, Historical
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 18 min
- Visa number : 156.477
- Visa issue date : 03/05/2024
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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