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About
Tokyo. A teenage girl jumps in front of a subway train. Her soul rises from the tracks. On the platform, the witnesses to the scene are in a state of shock. It has awoken a traumatic memory in each of them. A painful memory, that plays out again and again. To end its wandering, the soul must pass into each of their minds, delve into their memories, and help them find peace.
7 lives is an interactive VR tale that tells the odyssey of a soul, standing between the living and the deads. In this dreamlike experience, users go from a dimension to another and explore spaces that usually remain invisible. Taking root in Japan and shinto, 7 lives arouse an imagination shared by a whole generation, inspired by japanim and mangas. The narrative yet has a true universal dimension through the very contemporary notions of trauma and resilience.
This project has a great technical ambition, mixing stereoscopic live action with an interactive narrative and CGI. It gathers renowned professionals from different disciplines: Jan Kounen, filmmaker, Sabrina Calvo and Charles Ayats, video games designers, Franck Weber, sound designer and Small studio for the postproduction. 7 lives is being produced by Red Corner, France Télévisions, a_Bahn and Frakas Productions, with the support of the CNC, the Film Fund Luxembourg, the belgian Tax Shelter, Wallimages and Creative Wallonia.
Générique
a RED CORNER production
A Coproduction of
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
a_BAHN
FRAKAS PRODUCTIONS
Written by Charles AYATS and Sabrina CALVO
Directed by Jan KOUNEN
Sound by FRANCK WEBER
Produced by Marie BLONDIAUX and Adrien OUMHANI
Coproduced by François LE GALL, Stéphane HUEBER-BLIES, Nicolas BLIES, and Marion GUTH
Coproduced by Jean-Yves ROUBIN and Cassandre WARNAUTS
Starring
Heroine 2018: Clara CHOI
Heroine 2080: Mariko AOYAMA
The Salary Girl: Mizuki KONDO
The Boss: KENTARO
The Teenage Girl: Nagisa MORIMOTO
The Survivor: Yongsou CHO
The Otaku: Jun AZUMA
The Nurse: Kyoko KASHII
The Little Girl: Karen HAMAYA
The Doctor: Hiro UCHIYAMA
Otaku’s Mother: Hiromi ASAI
The Dog: MAURICE
Director: Jan KOUNEN
Creative Director: CHARLES AYATS
Sound Design: Franck WEBER
Director of Photography: Hugues ESPINASSE
VR Operator: Céline TRICART
VFX Director: Vincent GUTTMAN
VFX Supervisor: Thomas EID
Data Manager: Tommy HARDT
1st Camera operator: Carlo THIEL
Sound Engineer: Céline BODSON
Sound Editors: Mikael KANDELMAN, Aymeric DUPAS
Sound Effect Assistant: LIDWINE HO
Art Director: Marc-Philippe GUERIG
Set Designer: Audrey DHIVERT
Rippers: Mikail IBILI & Paco PARMA
Graphic artist: Philippe BOEHM
SFX Director : Pol Biwer
1st Assistant Director: Stef GLUCK
2ème Assistant Director: Harald RUDE
Costume Designer: Carmen DI PINTO
Make-up Artist: Julie ASSELBORN
Hair Stylist: Mike CARPINI
Gaffer: Helder DA SILVA
Best Boy: Aleks NEUMULLER
Groupman: Jordan BOUCHEX
Electrics: Emilie GUERET, Antoine BELLEM, Stanislas ETENAILLE, Téo PARMA, Antonin SUPPERS, Christophe KUS
Key Grip: Ulysse CHARLIER
Grips: Amandine SOARES,
Julien CHASSAIGNON et Nicolas MAMBOURG, Rémy LEITE
Photogrammetry: Antoine GUERCHAIS
Animal Trainer: Gaétan DOPPAGNE
Still Photographer: Véronique KOLBER
Production Director: Sébastien LEPINAY
Production Supervisor: Philipp REIMER
Postproduction Supervisor: Sébastien LEPINAY
Production Coordinator: Fanny BEAUMONT
General Production Office Manager : Djima GANA
Production Office Manager, France: Carine NATCHEYAN
Casting France: Kenza BARRAH
Casting Luxembourg: Nilton MARTINS
Casting assistant: Joanne BECKER
Luxembourg Location Managers
Location Manager: Mike ROBERTS
Outdoor Location Manager: Mathieu THILTGES
Production Assistants: Thomas BELEFFI and François FABERT
Driver: Gary SHARP
Guards: Claude KNOERR & Cindy KNOERR, Marcus ALTMAIER
Production Interns: Mélanie SCHONS, Gil GALVAO & Luca BARTRINGER
Location scout: Olivier PESCH
BELGIUM LOCATION CREW
Location Manager: Luis IGLESIAS ALVAREZ
Assistant Location Manager: Raphaël LECOMTE
Outdoor Location Manager: Didier JACQUEMOTTE
Set Manager: Anne-Sophie OOST
Guards: Olivier BOURGEOIS et Bienvenue OLOUCOTOUN
Runner: Basile GLASER
JAPAN CREW
Production Manager: George LEA
Scouting: JONATHAN EALEY
Assistant Camera: TAKAO BABA
Director of Photography: Céline TRICART
PILOT CREW
Director of Photography: Hugues ESPINASSE
Creative technologist: Nicolas GAGNON
Captation Kinect: Vincent ROUDAUT
3D Artist: Léon DENISE
Graphics: Timothée Mathelin
Storyboard: Renaud Roche
Set Designer: Marie-Hélène SULMONI
Costume Designer: CHATTOUNE
Makeup Artist: Awefa STUBBS
Sound Engineer: Mikael KANDELMAN
Development: Simon ALBOU and Nicolas GALINOTTI
Production Supervisor: Sébastien LEPINAY
Location Manager: Maxime LAMBERT
Production Assistants: Marlène WICHTERMANN & Julie BOUTRUCHE
Gaffer: Olivier RODRIGUEZ
Grip: Thibaut GUENOIS
Electrics: Nabil DRIDI & Thibaut GROSDEMANGE
Set Dressers: Ludovic VERU, Alain CHRISTOPHE, Arthur CHEVALIER, Caroline BRENOT
360 Camera Operator & Stitching: Alexandre MARQUIS et RED EYE 360
Technical Equipment, Trucks, Studio: TRANSPALUX
A Coproduction of
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
a_BAHN
FRAKAS PRODUCTIONS
Written by Charles AYATS and Sabrina CALVO
Directed by Jan KOUNEN
Sound by FRANCK WEBER
Produced by Marie BLONDIAUX and Adrien OUMHANI
Coproduced by François LE GALL, Stéphane HUEBER-BLIES, Nicolas BLIES, and Marion GUTH
Coproduced by Jean-Yves ROUBIN and Cassandre WARNAUTS
Starring
Heroine 2018: Clara CHOI
Heroine 2080: Mariko AOYAMA
The Salary Girl: Mizuki KONDO
The Boss: KENTARO
The Teenage Girl: Nagisa MORIMOTO
The Survivor: Yongsou CHO
The Otaku: Jun AZUMA
The Nurse: Kyoko KASHII
The Little Girl: Karen HAMAYA
The Doctor: Hiro UCHIYAMA
Otaku’s Mother: Hiromi ASAI
The Dog: MAURICE
Director: Jan KOUNEN
Creative Director: CHARLES AYATS
Sound Design: Franck WEBER
Director of Photography: Hugues ESPINASSE
VR Operator: Céline TRICART
VFX Director: Vincent GUTTMAN
VFX Supervisor: Thomas EID
Data Manager: Tommy HARDT
1st Camera operator: Carlo THIEL
Sound Engineer: Céline BODSON
Sound Editors: Mikael KANDELMAN, Aymeric DUPAS
Sound Effect Assistant: LIDWINE HO
Art Director: Marc-Philippe GUERIG
Set Designer: Audrey DHIVERT
Rippers: Mikail IBILI & Paco PARMA
Graphic artist: Philippe BOEHM
SFX Director : Pol Biwer
1st Assistant Director: Stef GLUCK
2ème Assistant Director: Harald RUDE
Costume Designer: Carmen DI PINTO
Make-up Artist: Julie ASSELBORN
Hair Stylist: Mike CARPINI
Gaffer: Helder DA SILVA
Best Boy: Aleks NEUMULLER
Groupman: Jordan BOUCHEX
Electrics: Emilie GUERET, Antoine BELLEM, Stanislas ETENAILLE, Téo PARMA, Antonin SUPPERS, Christophe KUS
Key Grip: Ulysse CHARLIER
Grips: Amandine SOARES,
Julien CHASSAIGNON et Nicolas MAMBOURG, Rémy LEITE
Photogrammetry: Antoine GUERCHAIS
Animal Trainer: Gaétan DOPPAGNE
Still Photographer: Véronique KOLBER
Production Director: Sébastien LEPINAY
Production Supervisor: Philipp REIMER
Postproduction Supervisor: Sébastien LEPINAY
Production Coordinator: Fanny BEAUMONT
General Production Office Manager : Djima GANA
Production Office Manager, France: Carine NATCHEYAN
Casting France: Kenza BARRAH
Casting Luxembourg: Nilton MARTINS
Casting assistant: Joanne BECKER
Luxembourg Location Managers
Location Manager: Mike ROBERTS
Outdoor Location Manager: Mathieu THILTGES
Production Assistants: Thomas BELEFFI and François FABERT
Driver: Gary SHARP
Guards: Claude KNOERR & Cindy KNOERR, Marcus ALTMAIER
Production Interns: Mélanie SCHONS, Gil GALVAO & Luca BARTRINGER
Location scout: Olivier PESCH
BELGIUM LOCATION CREW
Location Manager: Luis IGLESIAS ALVAREZ
Assistant Location Manager: Raphaël LECOMTE
Outdoor Location Manager: Didier JACQUEMOTTE
Set Manager: Anne-Sophie OOST
Guards: Olivier BOURGEOIS et Bienvenue OLOUCOTOUN
Runner: Basile GLASER
JAPAN CREW
Production Manager: George LEA
Scouting: JONATHAN EALEY
Assistant Camera: TAKAO BABA
Director of Photography: Céline TRICART
PILOT CREW
Director of Photography: Hugues ESPINASSE
Creative technologist: Nicolas GAGNON
Captation Kinect: Vincent ROUDAUT
3D Artist: Léon DENISE
Graphics: Timothée Mathelin
Storyboard: Renaud Roche
Set Designer: Marie-Hélène SULMONI
Costume Designer: CHATTOUNE
Makeup Artist: Awefa STUBBS
Sound Engineer: Mikael KANDELMAN
Development: Simon ALBOU and Nicolas GALINOTTI
Production Supervisor: Sébastien LEPINAY
Location Manager: Maxime LAMBERT
Production Assistants: Marlène WICHTERMANN & Julie BOUTRUCHE
Gaffer: Olivier RODRIGUEZ
Grip: Thibaut GUENOIS
Electrics: Nabil DRIDI & Thibaut GROSDEMANGE
Set Dressers: Ludovic VERU, Alain CHRISTOPHE, Arthur CHEVALIER, Caroline BRENOT
360 Camera Operator & Stitching: Alexandre MARQUIS et RED EYE 360
Technical Equipment, Trucks, Studio: TRANSPALUX
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
NOUVELLES ECRITURES
Pierre BLOCH DE FRIBERG
Céline LIMORATO
Annick JAKOBOWICZ
Pascal VOISIN
Christophe MORAWSKI
Sandrine MIGUIRIAN
Vanille CABARET
Lena SICHEZ
Agnès DESPLAS
Célia SCHMERBER
INNOVATION AND PROSPECTIVE DEPARTEMENT
Eric SCHERER
FRAKAS PRODUCTION
Production Supervisor: Christophe Hollebeke
Office Manager: Thibault Gillis; Nora Ben-Mokhtar
Accountant: Marco Filippi
Production Coordinator: Mathieu Pereira
Production Assistant: Anne-Laure Declerck; Julie Zarattin
SMALL STUDIO
CEO: Rodolphe CHABRIER and Philippe SONRIER
Studio Director: Vincent GUTMANN
VFX Supervisor: Thomas EID
Lead Developer: Jean DELLAC
Real-time Developers: Thomas DUMONET, Paul HUBERT
Project Management: Gabriel THIEBAUT
Editing: Muriel DOUVRY
Compositing: Serhat BAYKAL, Elen MOALIC,
Kris TOMIKOWSKI
Matte Painting: Lise FISHER
Color Correction: Kevin LEDORTZ
3D Modeling: Leo EWALD
3D Animator: Valère AMIRAUT
Technical Manager: Vincent CHAMPSIAUX
IT systems: Pierre Etienne DEUTSH, Adrien ROUSSEAU
MAC GUFF BELGIUM
CEO: Rodolphe CHABRIER and Philippe SONRIER
Studio Director: Géraldine VANINNI
Lead Compositing: Thomas DELCOY
Menu : Stéphane MONNIER
Camera and Lighting Equipment: ARRI RENTAL
Vfx France: SMALL
Vfx Belgique: MAC GUFF Belgium
Sound Lab: BROOHAHA
Photogrammetry: 5 BITS GAMES
Consulting 360-degree: WEESPER
Vehicles and Equipment: REGIELUX
Crew Vehicles: INTRALUX & ALD AUTOMATIVE
Electrical Equipment: MATECO
Sfx Smoke: AXIS SEVEN & FLAM AND CO
Hard Drives: Panavision Alga Boutique
Security: G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS
Walkie-talkies: REGIE LUX & SABBAH Communications
Craft Services Belgium: Iris SOLDANI
Insurance: GRAS SAVOYE - CIRCLE GROUP
Credit: COFILOISIRS - Quentin Dallemagne
Doctors: Dr. Adrien KUNTZ & Dr. HALLADE-MASSU
Accounting France : Auditeurs Advisors Associés
Accounting Luxembourg : Fiduciaire Centrale du Luxembourg
Audit Luxembourg : Grant Thornton
Travel agency Luxembourg : Travel Pro
SPECIAL THANKS TO :
Didier DIAZ and François CHENIVESSE
Julianne LURION, Clémence LA FONTA
Bureau d’Accueil de Tournages Cinéma in Hainaut
The City of Charleroi, Alain STRUELENS
TEC Charleroi, Véronique BENOIT and Eve LIBOIS
Charleroi Metro
Bureau Ehlerange Zare West, Brandon HUMBERT, Eric DEPIESSE
Hospital Center, Emile MAYRISH, Myriam SCHMITT
Municipality of Berdorf, Claude OE
Municipality of Mullerthal, Leo KLIEN
L'Alliance School and College
Pauline AUGRAIN, Anna CHARRIERE, Baptiste HEYNEMANN, Magali JAMMET
Guy Daleiden, Karin Schockweiler, Sébastien Tasch, Norbert Laporte, Jean-Louis Scheffen, Rachel Schmid, Boyd Van Hoeij, Gabriele Röthemeyer, Carole
Kremer, Françoise Lentz, Nicole Jans, Phung Nguyen, Peter Brown, Jean-Pierre Huet, Manon Lavalou, Daniel Codello, Sarah Bamberg
Jeanne Brunfaut, Emmanuel Roland, Pascale Joyeux, Sarah Vandenabeele
The Producers Wish to Thank
Dominique Barneaud
Myriam Achard
Guy Daleiden
Aurélie Taguet
Michel Reilhac
Liz Rosenthal
Voyelle Acker
Romain Bonnin
Micheline Browet
Olivier Vanderijst
Sébastien Durieux
Philippe Reynaert
Marie-Antoinette Schoenmaeckers
Margaux Courtens
Gigi Akoka
Beatriz Coutrot
Salar Shana
Alain Damasio
Audrey Vidal
Oriane Hurard
Nicolas Peufaillit
Nouredine Essadi
Femme Fatale Studio
Qualcomm and ForwardXP
A Virtual Reality Experience
Written by
Charles Ayats and Sabrina Calvo
Directed by
Jan Kounen
Produced by
Red Corner
A Coproduction of
France Télévisions
a_BAHN
Frakas Productions
In Association with
SMALL - Mac Guff Ligne
BROOHAHA
With the support of
Film Fund Luxembourg
Centre national du Cinéma et de l’Image animée - Fonds Nouveaux médias
With support from
CNC (Nouvelles Technologies en Production & Création Visuelle et Sonore)
Tax Shelter of the Gouvernement Fédéral Belge
Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Belfius - Isabelle Molhant
Production Co-financed by
Wallimage Creative and Creative Wallonia
And presented at the Venice Gap-Financing Market 2017
© France Télévisions / Red Corner / a_BAHN / Frakas Productions - 2019