Morgan Simon
Writing
Biography
Morgan Simon graduated from La Fémis and is based in Paris. His short films have been shown worldwide, including "Try To Die Young" (César nominee, 2016) and "Ghost Pleasure" (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, 2019). His first feature film, "A Taste of Ink", has been critically acclaimed and received a nomination for the Louis-Delluc Prize for best first feature. His second feature, "Somewhere in Love", was released in 2024.
Known For

While with one of his clients, the young male prostitute Cédric receives a voicemail from his mother. She is going through detoxification and desperately wants him to come and visit her. Cédric embarks on a journey through Paris, attempting to get to her as fast as he can against all the odds.
Beautiful Bitch

Nicole and her son Serge live in a low-income housing estate in the Paris suburbs, where their love for each other thrives against all odds. But as Christmas approaches, Nicole has her checkbook and credit card confiscated, turning their relationship and their lives upside down.
Somewhere in Love

It's birthday time. Drifting through the dark night, Vincent and Hervé are looking for something to do. You only turn 25 once.
Try to Die Young

After an ambiguous Snapchat video featuring Bilel and Adil, rumors start spreading about the two friends. To save their reputation, each of them tries to find a girlfriend. Their hunt for a date doesn’t quite go as expected.
Taste of Love

Vincent, still of tender age, has already tattooed most of his body and hoarsened his voice with his post-hardcore band – his way of venting his frustrations and desires. Ever since his mother died, he shares his time between Porte de Clignancourt and Bastille, between a piercer job he is unhappy with and his fishmonger father, Hervé, who is trying to start a new life with a younger woman named Julia. Vincent is initially appalled by the woman, with whom his father has ‘betrayed’ his mother, but the more they get to know each other, the more he becomes intrigued by the beautiful and empathetic woman. Unlike his father, she shows interest in him, even attending one of his gigs. What starts out as a potential way of reconciling with his father soon implodes.
A Taste of Ink

Jeanne raises her 9-year-old daughter, Mylène, on her own and dreams about their next trip to the sea.
Ghost Pleasure

For her son, a poor young mother is forced to sell her organs to a sick old woman. Flesh, for gold. Little by little, necessity gives way to the lure of gain. By selling her body, it is her whole identity that she alienates.
Heart of Gold
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Une longue tristesse

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Nous nous reverrons

Two brothers decide to revive what still unites them, one last time.
Wake the Dead

Zack has the freshness of his twenty-four years and the seriousness of his tattoos climbing up to the top of his neck. To prove his commitment to the screamo band that just recruited him as their singer, Zack has to get their logo tattooed. But his tattoo artist mentor refuses to give him credit again. He will have to find the money somewhere.