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a film by Damien Fritsch, 83'"Six years ago, my wife announced me that I was going to become a father. I took my camera and I filmed for the next nine months, to ward off the fear within me."

"I didn't know what to film, so I went to see friends who already were fathers and I made a diary film about this period."
The film tells this particular moment in the life of a man and the road to paternity.

technical data :
duration	83 minutes
script	Damien Fritsch
camera	Damien Fritsch
sound	Damien Fritsch
editing	Damien Fritsch and Christine Benoit
music	Yuko Oshima and Adrien Dennefeld
sound mixer	Jennyfer Bec
production	dora productions / Images Plus
grants	Centre National de la Cinématographie
	Région Alsace, Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication Direction des Affaires Culturelles d’Alsace
festivals	festival ciné vidéo psy de Lorquin 2007, Etats généraux du documentaire Lussas 2007

© dora films 2007

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