Synopsis
During a documentary shoot, Cheun, a beloved traffic warden, gets into trouble with a local inspector. On Rue Clignancourt, his resignation has the effect of a streetlight going out. In this new darkness, a filmmaker must rediscover his humanity, while Cheun must continue to invent his cinema. The rest doesn’t matter.
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Actors (2)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Ad Vitam Court
- Foreign production company : Ckankonvaou
Full credits (12)
- Screenwriter : Romain Dumont
- Director of Photography : Hadrien Vedel
- Assistant director : Sophie Bouteiller
- Editor : Vincent Fleischmann
- Sound Recordist : Noé Bleton
- Assistant Operator : Yann Festinger
- Production managers : Jeanne Breteau, Sarah Henochsberg
- Sound Editor : Raphaël Prat
- Continuity supervisor : Zelie Matraja
- Compositor : Benjamin Grossmann
- Grader : Sylvain Canaux
- Sound Mixer : Lucas Le Néouanic
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Documentary
- Sub-genre : Drama, Portrait
- Themes : Friendship, Cinema, Sociology
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (90.0%), Canada (10.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Canada)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 15 min 58 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
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