Manuel Schapira
Writing
Known For

Lost in Paris, Cléo is looking for Paul and Paul is looking for Cléo. A poetic adventure lived in 3-year-old kids' shoes.
Cléo & Paul

Bunker is a young man who has built a mental universe to withstand the pressures of life. But the world he lives in is falling apart.
Bunker

Friends Franck, Hugo and Philippe attend a housewarming party in a Parisian apartment. At the door, two uninvited men try talking their way inside. The tension escalates.
The Hounds

Grégoire Canvel has everything a man could want. A wife he loves, three delightful children, and a stimulating job. He's a film producer. Discovering talented filmmakers and developing films that fit his conception of the cinema-free and true to life-is precisely his reason for living. Yet his prestigious production company, Moon Films, is on its last legs.
Father of My Children

Hélène and Paul, early 30s and long-term singles, have been living in a two-person flat for years. Currently, graphic designer Paul wants to escape the digital constraints of his time and has acquired an age-old phone on which only "real" friends can reach him. One evening Paul gets from a friend at a party, his future predicted: Soon he will meet the love of his life, but also commit a murder. A short time later, when he meets the stunning Camille and falls in love with her, he begins to doubt with all luck. Could the prophecy really be true?
Damocles

Archipelago of Mayotte, French overseas department, Indian Ocean. After being left alone in the world, MoĂŻse, a boy feared by the supercilious locals because of his light eyes, joins a slum gang to survive.
Tropic of Violence

An actress answers an announcement for a casting. In the meantime, she is a cashier in a cinema.
Rech JF pour court-métrage rémunéré

A woman calls a public phone on the street below her apartment and has a conversation with the stranger who answers.