Three Grains of Coarse Salt

Three Grains of Coarse Salt

25 mins | Drama | Dec. 2, 2021

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.

Three Grains of Coarse Salt

25 mins | Drama | Dec. 2, 2021

Three Grains of Coarse Salt
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.
Producers Les Films Norfolk
Original title Trois grains de gros sel
Directors Sophie Manijeh Razavi, Ingrid Chikhaoui
Writers Ingrid Chikhaoui

Cast

Manue Fleytoux

as Mother

Ambre Julliat

as Elsa

Eowyn Personne

as Judith

Jean-Luc Burfin

as Postman

Laurence Huby

as Grandmother