Leïla Geissler

Life takes Lucie and mistreats Ezra. It is not because somewhere else it is better, but it is that here to live is impossible.

One sleepless night, Mathieu sets off into the mountains. He hikes as far and as high as he can, until he is utterly exhausted. The next day, Félix, a farmer, reports him missing to the police. Viviane, Mathieu's mother, arrives in the valley to expedite the search, but to no avail. Rumors begin to circulate, amplified by the local press. Distraught, Viviane tries to reach out to Félix, hoping to break the silence and isolation that have engulfed them both.

Modibo, a sixteen-year-old Malian who has just arrived in France, struggles to understand the world he finds himself in. He sees Nadira, a young dancer his age, as a chance to find balance.

He inhabits the world just like he inhabits his house: motionless. A serious accident nailed him there: in a house in the middle of a large garden. No longer can he dash around the world: day after day, he contemplates it from his house. He’s a filmmaker. He’s only ever lived to make movies.

As a rereading of his films, "Contretemps" (in the fight against time), Jean-Daniel Pollet brings together excerpts of his films and a report by Jean Baronnet. The author Philippe Sollers and philosopher Julia Kristeva voice their thoughts.

Vanessa, aged eighteen, has just come out of prison and is staying at her half-sisters that she does not know that well. Each night, captivated by the chimaeras, the noise and the fury, she is reborn.