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The Dreams
The Dreams

The Dreams

A short film by Victor Dupuis from a text by Marianne Callet-Dupuis

Genres

Drama

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This project was born when I discovered a letter that my mom had written to a friend before her death. The attention she felt there, its simple and colorful form, which supports a text filled with emotions, memories, fears, but above all with hope and joy, deeply marked me. Between reality, memories and songs, around this letter which puts into images the inner journey that her writing must have led her to make, this fiction plunges us into the reflection that the announcement of the disease awakened in her...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

6 mins

Rating

10/10

Release Date

28 June 2017

Country

Cast

Karina Testa

Karina Testa

Sophie

François Delporte

François Delporte

Husband

Loïc Dupuis

Loïc Dupuis

Child

Arno Dupuis

Arno Dupuis

Child

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