Synopsis
When Ali and Leila visit their mother, who has just been discharged from hospital, they have some revelations to make. They are shocked to discover that she is now living with Elyo, a medical assistance robot. Lunch with this strange machine soon turns into a family feud. Elyo, sensing her owner is in trouble, will do anything to protect her, whatever the cost.
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- Executive Producers : Yukunkun Productions, Avant la Nuit
- Foreign production company : Cookies Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Manifest
Full credits (19)
- Executive Producers : Stephane Marchal, Nelson Ghrénassia, Thibaut Amri
- Director of Photography : Dino Franco Berguglia
- Music Composer : Noé Bailleux
- Assistant Director : Romain Wolff
- Editor : John Pirard
- Sound Recordist : Hugo Rossi
- Costume designer : Noé Bouquet
- Foreign Producer : Laurent Denis
- Assistant Operator : Juliette Guillem
- Camera Operator : Charly Caillaux
- Production managers : Jack Atmore, Thibaut Amri
- Sound Editor : Hugo Rossi
- Continuity supervisor : Aurélia Drochon
- Production Designer : Baptiste Desroches-Daudel
- Foley artist : Guillaume Boissot
- Casting : Lucie Llopis
- Grader : Loup Brenta
- Make-up Artists : Gaëlle Jaune, Florence Thonet, Anne van Nyen
- Sound Mixer : Sylvain Adas
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Black comedy, Suspense film, Horror, Drama
- Themes : Psychology/psychoanalysis, Family, Science fiction/Futuristic, The absurd
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (81.0%), Belgium (19.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 18 min 51 seconds
- Visa number : 161.996
- Visa issue date : 12/07/2024
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : Under 12
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