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Esther is a young midwife, every day after her shift, her grandmother Laya waits for her and prepares meals with flavors from her childhood. That night, Esther has a disturbing encounter with one of her patients. Esther and Laya lead lives out of sync with their times, one through her profession and the other through her age. "Mensch" is a twenty-four-hour immersion into the lives of these two women; it's a story of transmission and selflessness.
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Family, Work, Motherhood
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 16 min 50 seconds
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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