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RUNTIME
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Tight 21-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
By a Hair
2019 0h 21m FR
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7.3
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7
IMDB
★7.3TMDB · 15★7IMDB · 154
ComedyDrama
Synopsis
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In three days, Elodie is taking an exam to get a beauty therapy diploma. Her father Christophe, a butcher, would like more help from his daughter in his butcher shop. But at the moment, Elodie deals with an other issue, she has to find a model. A hairy model to pass her test.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Grégory Gadebois
Christophe Duvivier
Madeleine Baudot
Elodie Duvivier
Lauriane Escaffre
L'examinatrice
Brigitte Masure
Mme Bernadoux
Sophie Robin
La professeure
Claudia Bacos
Claire Giraud
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Yvo Muller
- Writers
- Lauriane Escaffre, Yvo Muller
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Yvo Muller directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 21-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 7 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Grégory Gadebois and Madeleine Baudot and Lauriane Escaffre carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt9643086 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 21 min · 0h 21m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
- IMDB
- By a Hair (2019)
- IMDB rating
- 7/10 · 154 votes
Awards
7 wins & 1 nomination
- César Award for Best Short Film
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Yvo Muller
Key crew
- MusicHervé Rakotofiringa
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2019-01-16· L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival
