Through the mimicry and embodiment of dance, a girl tries to save her mother from depression.
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France
2025
No Dialogue
Self harm, mental health, suicide, death and loss
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Credits & Director
Producer
Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron
Screenwriter
Eva Lusbaronian
ANIM
Eva Lusbaronian, Mathilde Vachet, Marion Roussel, Charlotte Castaing, Auguste Vincent, Camille Chao, Bianca Mansani
Editor
Eva Lusbaronian, Catherine Aladenise
Original Music
Pablo Pico
Eva Lusbaronian
Eva Lusbaronian has worked as an animator on various short and feature films, including the En Sortant de l’École television program in France. She studied at Gobelins, and was a literature student at the University of Paris Nanterre; since then, she has alternated between animation, supervision, and directing. Dance, literature, family relationships, and nature are her main sources of inspiration.
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