Three Grains of Coarse Salt

25m
Drama
8

Two sisters, aged 5 and 8, hang out alone at home in the middle of the countryside. Elsa, the youngest, swallows three grains of coarse salt. Judith announces to her that she’s doomed to a death by desiccation, and she only has a few hours to live. The mother returns, behaving ardently and feverishly, and turns the family's destiny upside down.

Cast

Manue Fleytoux
Mother
Ambre Julliat
Elsa
Eowyn Personne
Judith
Jean-Luc Burfin
Postman
Laurence Huby
Grandmother

Crew

Ingrid Chikhaoui
Director, Scenario Writer, Casting
Aurélie Bidault
Script
Sarah Ternat
Editor
Charlotte Michel
Director of Photography, Color Grading
Sophie Manijeh Razavi
Assistant Director
Lucile Chemarin
Production Design
Kevin-Felix Lassa
Assistant Camera
Sophie Lainé Diodovic
Casting
Roxane Blondel
Makeup Designer
Jérémie Halbert
Sound Mixer
Vincent Piponnier
Sound Engineer
Carla Pallone
Original Music Composer
Valentin​ Truchet
Location Manager
Malya Bouchareb
Production Director
Philippe Wendling
Delegated Producer
Marine Lepaulmier
Delegated Producer
Noël Fuzellier
Delegated Producer

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