You Make Me Lose My Mind

A Short film of

Elia Merlot

Produced by

1000 Visages Production

Production year2023

Runtime19 min

Synopsis

Ryta and her family come from the Roma community and have just moved into a low-income housing estate. She is fascinated by Kaïs, a young man her own age who lives in her building and has a passion for pétanque. So she decides to learn to play pétanque, a sport that leads to unexpected and touching encounters, synonymous with life in social housing.

Credits

Director (1)

Elia Merlot
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Actors (4)

Elena Encia

Bilel Chegrani

Codrina Pricopoaia

Mylan Kemon

Production and distribution (1)

Executive Producer : 1000 Visages Production

Full credits (16)

Screenwriters : Elia Merlot, Yannis Bouskri

Director of photography : Cyla Goutaudier

Music Composer : Cedryck Santens

Assistant Director : Lucas Bonifacj

Editor : Florent Thomas

Sound Recordist : François Roure

Executive Producer : Elia Merlot

Assistant Operators : Paco Bernier, Mathieu Lambert

Production manager : Narjiss Jamoussi

Sound Editor : Vincent Pateau

Continuity supervisor : Arthur Vizet

Production Designers : Assa Dramé, Samuel Allouche, Jorge Rico Bautista, Sophia Bardavelidze, Mathys Citerne

Casting : Elia Merlot

Grader : Julian Nouveau

Make-up Artists : Meï-Ly Hanson, Aurélie Guendjian

Sound Mixer : Vincent Pateau

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Romantic comedy, Social comedy, Comedy
Themes : Friendship, Suburbia, Love
Production language : French, Romanian
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2023
Runtime : 19 min 22 seconds
Visa number : 162.169
Visa issue date : 30/10/2024
Production formats : 35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Audio format : Digital 5.1
Rating restrictions : None

News & awards

Selections (1)

Berlin International Short Film Festival for Young and Children (Kuki)
Germany, 2024
Compétition adolescents

Resources

Festivals Listing(1)

you-make-me-lose-my-mind-festivals-listing-french.pdf

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