Synopsis
The roar of a river and the cry of a great hornbill echoing through a tropical forest… Flora, a six-year-old mixed-race girl, is telling herself a story. Suddenly, the voice of her mother, Hortense, brings her back to reality. To their reality: a modest life, full of tenderness and joyful moments shared with her Baoulé aunts. Yet an imperceptible shadow hangs over their happiness… The suffering of Hortense, who has a genetic disease, insidiously creeps into their daily lives.
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- Executive Producer : Opening Nights
- Co-production : Premier Souffle Productions
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- Executive Producer : Étienne Lévêque
- Screenwriter : Aude N'Guessan Forget
- Director of photography : Margot Besson
- Music Composers : Elyot Milshtein, Uriel Kra
- Editor : Lucas Marchina
- Sound Recordist : Yvan Buttaud-Gallot-Lavallée
- Costume designer : Clara Bailly
- Production Designer : Maud Guyon
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Childhood, Illness
- Production language : French, Baoulé
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2026
- Runtime : 22 min 8 seconds
- Rating restrictions : None
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