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RUNTIME
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Tight 22-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Bird of Paradise
2019 0h 22m FR
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7.0
SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 1
Drama
Synopsis
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Nadia, a 16 year-old-French girl, wakes up in her house for the last time. Today she will leave her family, her city and her life to pursue a dream. The day becomes a race against time that will forever change her destiny.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Hana Mekacher
Matthieu Lucci
Amel Charif
Coralie Boumellala
Elias Raymont
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Mareike Engelhardt
- Writers
- Mareike Engelhardt
- Languages
- Arabic, French
- Countries
- France
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The take
Mareike Engelhardt directs. Jean-Baptiste Beaudoin cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in Arabic, French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 22-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 7 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, French.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Editor Jean-Baptiste Beaudoin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Hana Mekacher and Matthieu Lucci and Amel Charif carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt13150538 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Jean-Baptiste Beaudoin
- Runtime
- 22 min · 0h 22m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Mareike Engelhardt
Production companies
Who made it
Films Grand Huit
FR
Key crew
- CinematographyMareike Engelhardt
- EditorJean-Baptiste Beaudoin
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2019-06-16
