2022 / France / Fiction / 30′

Directed by Camille Degeye

World premiere

Synopsis

A young woman wearing a camouflage backpack crosses a provincial town under lockdown and its outskirts. Once at his destination, a strange mourning protocol awaits her.

Biography

Graduated in filmmaking at the University of Paris 8, Camille Degeye joined the associative labs L’etna and L’abominable where she trained as a self-taught analog filmmaker. Her previous three films have been shown in international festivals such as BISFF Busan, EIFF Edinburgh or JCC Tunis and awarded in France and Italy. Her short film Journey Throw a Body, the first piece of a trilogy in progress, is selected for the 58th Cannes Critic’s week. Almost a Kiss is the second part. She is currently in the third part, the short film Discipline, as well as her first feature film, Sphinx, Prix Step 2020 awarded by the Critics’ Week.

TECHNICAL SHEET

Writer   Camille Degeye

Cinematographer   Robin Fresson

Sound   Luc Chessel

Editing   Valentin Féron

Mix   Romain Ozanne

Cast   Camille Degeye, Annabelle Bouzom, Pauline Fleau, Luc Chessel, Victor Gresard, Robin Fresson et Mathilde Girard

Original music  Frédéric D. Oberland

Production   Société Acéphale – Lorenzo Bianchi – lorenzo@societeacephale.com