Synopsis
Twenty-six-year-old Hélène finds herself separated from her partner Sami, who had to leave France because of problems with his residence permit. Stranded in Tunisia, he has sent no news. Their separation is compounded by an unwanted pregnancy. Hélène must now cope with her sudden loneliness and an imminent abortion. Her attempts to find her partner are in vain. Until the day Néjib, a friend of Sami's, sends her a disturbing message.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Supernova Films
- Foreign production company : Blast Film
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Farès Ladjimi
- Screenwriter : Hédi Ladjimi
- Director of Photography : Éric Devin
- Assistant director : Fanny Constans
- Editor : Théo Gonon
- Sound Recordist : Adriano Cerone
- Costume designer : Valentin Blaudeau
- Production manager : Laetitia Thomas
- Sound Editor : Olivier Walczak
- Production Designer : Mathias Miranda
- Grader : Julien Blanche
- Make-up Artist : David Désir
- Sound Mixer : Olivier Walczak
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Motherhood, Solitude/loneliness
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (90.0%), Tunisia (10.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Tunisia)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 29 min 32 seconds
- Visa number : 155.685
- Visa issue date : 07/06/2022
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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