Synopsis
Xiao Mei, 20, recently moved to Paris from China. She lives from small jobs and shares a makeshift room in the 13th arrondissement with Rayan, a young Algerian in the same situation as her. She knows very little about him, but together they share moments of intimacy that help them cope with their daily lives. One day, Rayan disappears.
Credits
Director (1)
Yaqian Zhang
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Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Valseurs
- Film exports/foreign sales : Shortcuts
Full credits (8)
- Director of photography : Julia Mingo
- Music Composer : Avran Thépault
- Editor : Raphaëlle Martin-Hölger
- Sound recordist : Salomé Renaud
- Producer : Clara Marquardt
- Production manager : Rose Vivès
- Sound editors : Éric Chevalier, Titouan Dumesnil
- Production Designer : Joséphine Rébéna
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Encounters, Youth, Identity, Exile, Emigration, Friendship
- Production language : Chinese, Arabic, French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2025
- Runtime : 20 min 50 seconds
- Rating restrictions : None
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