The Atomic Adventure

a film by Loïc Barché

26 min - 2019 - France

Synopsis
Algeria, 1961. France has just detonated its fourth atomic bomb. A group of seven soldiers is sent to the point of impact to take samples and measure radioactivity. But the further they go, the more the Captain, a war veteran in his fifties, is confronted with the paradoxes of a changing world.

Awards & Festivals:

2021 César du meilleur court métrage - Nomination
2019 Grand Prix Unifrance du Court-métrage – Festival de Cannes
2019 Festival International du Film de Nancy
2019 Festival du court-métrage de Jean Carmet
2019 41e Cinemed - Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier
2019 Festival international du film indépendant de Bordeaux
2019 Festival Paris Courts Devant
2019 Festival Eurydice du court-métrage
2019 Festival Tous Courts d’Aix-en-Provence
2020 My French Film Festival
2020 Festival Combat
2019 Festival International du court-métrage Off-Court de Trouville
2019 Blue Planet Sci-fi Film Festival
2019 52nd SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia - Official Fantastic Competition
2019 Leuven International Short Film Festival - European Competition
2019 Grand Prix du Jury – Festival Paris Courts Devant
2019 Prix de la Mise en Scène – Festival Eurydice du court-métrage