Synopsis
Shortly after the death of his father, Arul, a young Indian Tamil refugee living in Paris, refuses to return to his mother's country of origin and tries by all means to bring her to France. To finance this move, Arul joins a Sri Lankan Tamil association whose activities he is unaware of.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : La fémis
Full credits (14)
- Screenwriters : Mukesh Kumaravel, Élodie Olounou
- Director of photography : Sarah Ackerer
- Music Composer : Louis Chenu
- Editor : Amaïllia Bordet
- Sound Recordist : David Benoit
- Costume designer : Maëliss Castro-Balbi
- Producers : Étienne Lévêque, Nicolas Urban
- Production manager : Caroline Gibert
- Sound editor : Thouraya El Ouadie
- Continuity supervisor : Pauline Saint-Cricq
- Production Designer : Andréa Coudon
- Grader : Charles Traboulsi
- Make-up Artist : Suzanne Abelanski
- Sound Mixer : Orion Benetos
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Tamoul
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 24 min 5 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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