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Short Film · Fiction

The Future, Today

2012 · Super 16 mm

Short Film · Fiction

The Future, Today

2012 · Super 16 mm

May 1981, the eve of the French presidential election run-off. Claire, fifteen, is suffocating within her family. While her father darkly prophesies Russian tanks and five-year plans should the left come to power, Claire dreams of change and throws herself into supporting François Mitterrand. Marc, sixteen, son of a CGT garage worker, crosses her path. Against a backdrop of political sparring, they watch each other, drawn together and pushed apart…

Those who lived through that historic moment know exactly where they were and who they were with, that Sunday 10 May 1981 at eight o'clock. Anne Zinn-Justin excels at recreating the particular atmosphere of that printemps électoral. Ce roman d'initiation plein de charme où une jeunesse à l'étroit s'éveille pour respirer plus amplement.

Christophe Chauville, Bref Cinéma 2017

Prix

  • Special Jury Prize — Festival Ose ce court à Bischeim
  • 1st Prize, Label 05 — maison du film (scénario)

Selections

  • Grenoble Outdoor Short Film Festival
  • Cabourg Film Festival
  • Brest European Short Film Festival
  • OFF Court Trouville
  • Ciné Premières Festival, Groningen (Netherlands)
  • Istanbul International Short Film Festival (Turkey)
  • Kiev International Short Film Festival
  • Munich International Film Festival (Germany)
  • Adana GoldenBoll (Turkey)
  • Festival d'Altkirch KKO
  • Un festival c'est trop court — Nice
  • Nar Film Festival (Turkey)
  • Festival d'Ouroux en Morvan
  • Festival Plein La Bobine
  • Festival La Belle Rouge à Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine
  • 21ème Quinzaine du cinéma francophone (Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles)
  • Sélection Agence du Court-Métrage pour le Jour le Plus Court
ProductionMoteur S'il Vous Plaît / Les Enragés
DirectionAnne Zinn-Justin
CinematographySarah Cunningham
SoundPierre Bompy
EditingIsabelle Manquillet
MusicEric Neveux
CastArmande Boulanger, Arthur Vaughan-Whitehead, Gauthier Baillot, Agathe Dronne, Xavier Mathieu