Synopsis:
A jelewer tells his children the diamond’s history. Next to the story of the diamond size évolution, that moves towards the uniformization by rejecting all impure rock, we see his children grow up and the father’s fear of their own uniformization.
- Director:
- Chloé Mazlo
- Year:
- 2016
- Country:
- France
- Running time:
- 11 min.
- Technique:
- Pixilation, Cut-Out Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Jean-Christophe Soulageon
- Animator:
- Chloé Mazlo
- Script writers:
- Chloé Mazlo, Yacine Badday
- Music composer:
- Etienne Jaumet
- Sound designers:
- Yohann Angelvy, Romain Anklewicz, Xavier Marsais, Julien Ngo-Trong
- Editor:
- Arnaud Viémont
- Production:
- Les Films Sauvages
- Distribution:
- The New York Times
- Genres:
- Drama, Documentary, Abstract, Experimental, Family
- Tags:
- Identity, Relationships, Death, Love, Transformation, Dreams, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- StopTrik International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival
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