Project Detail

Olla

Synopsis

Olla has answered to an ad on a dating website for eastern women. She moves in with Pierre, who lives with his old mother. But nothing goes as expected.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Directors Fortnight - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Dare Strand
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2020 - Shorts Programme - Nominated, Short Film Grand Jury Prize

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
28 min
Director
Ariane Labed
Producer
Lucie Borleteau, Marine Arrighi de Casanova
Editor
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Screenwriter
Ariane Labed
Director of Photography
Balthazar Lab
Production Designer
Alicia Zaton
Sound
Sergio Henriquez Martinez, Johnnie Burn
Composer
Coti-K
Principal cast
Romanna Lobach, Grégoire Tachnakian, Jenny Bellay, Gall Gaspard

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

France, UK co-production

Apsara Films (FR), Limp (UK)

Limp

c/o Apsara Films

Sales Company

L’Agence du court métrage – The French Short Film Agency

77 rue des Cévennes
75015 Paris
France

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