Synopsis
Esmee is twelve years old, the age when we hide in order to exist. Today is her mother's birthday, but Esmee hates Sundays and their promise of identical Mondays. She'd like to derail the machine. So while her mother takes a bath, Esmee discreetly rummages through the box of medicines.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Rue de la Sardine
Full credits (15)
- Screenwriter : Clara Bonnet
- Director of photography : Anna Sauvage
- Music Composer : Bedis Tir
- Assistant Director : Bénédicte Faure
- Editor : Mona-Lise Lanfant
- Sound Recordist : Arnold Zeilig
- Costume designer : Mathilde Perrussel
- Producer : Marie Lesay
- Production managers : Marie Lesay, Vera Mechid-Huin
- Sound Editor : Pierre-Louis Clairin
- Continuity supervisor : Anaïs Corno
- Production Designer : Sophie Guichard
- Casting : Marie Cantet
- Grader : Julien Petri
- Make-up Artist : Marine Soulié
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Adolescence, Family
- Production language : French
- Premier pays de production : France
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2025
- Runtime : 24 min 20 seconds
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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