Synopsis
Esteban leaves Algeria to go to work in England. In Manche, the boatmen throw him to the water. He is saved by Raphaëlle who accommodates him.
This charitable impulse slides. The welcome is made confinement. Esteban, trapped between this reassuring comfort and his fear of restarting, agrees to become the marionette of Raphaëlle.
In a mirror effect, she makes masculine and he disguises until become his sexual object. Their couple settles down in a diverting balance, but Joseph's jealousy, foster father's figure, developing an attraction for Raphaëlle, leads them on more and more abrupt pieces. Finally, they reach together a ultimate and macabre highlight.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (14)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Animals Production, Liaison Cinématographique
- Foreign production company : Une Chambre À Soi Productions
- French distribution : Saint-André-des-Arts
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Alice Gueguen
- Screenwriter : Mallory Grolleau
- Director of Photography : Wesley Mrozinski
- Assistant directors : Bastien Marrot, Stéphanie Téchenet
- Editor : Mallory Grolleau
- Sound recordists : Frédéric Dabo, Mathias Léone
- Costume designer : Marion Rebmann
- Producer : Serge Zeitoun
- Assistant Operator : Julia Collaro
- Camera Operator : Wesley Mrozinski
- Sound Editor : Frédéric Théry
- Production Designer : Sébastien Mahé
- Grader : Mathieu Faure
- Sound Mixer : Frédéric Théry
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2015
- French release : 14/09/2016
- Runtime : 1 h 24 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 141.584
- Approval :
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : Under 12