Clémence Coullon

Paris, autumn 2015. In Philippe Dayan's analysis office, a surgeon in disarray in love, a couple in crisis, a suicidal teenager follow one another day after day. On a November evening, killers enter Paris.

A successful photographer gives up everything to devote himself to writing and discovers poverty.

Right in the middle of a school inspector’s visit, Ari, a 27-year-old student teacher, collapses. Angry with him for being a failure, his father kicks him out of the house. Emotionally raw, and alone in the city, Ari reluctantly forces himself to rekindle his relationships with old friends. As his memories of the previous months successively ebb and flow, Ari discovers that other people aren’t doing as well as he imagined, and that perhaps he has been sleepwalking through his own life.

In 1996 I took the conservatory exam. I missed it. A year ago I was asked to do a masterclass on acting in cinema. I went there. I met a lively, joyful and passionate youth. Among my students there was Clémence. The following year, she asked me to film their last show. I felt her urgency and the fear she had of leaving this mythical place. So I accepted.  By filming this youth, I revisited mine.

Five friends meet on Skype on the initiative of a sixth, which is slow to appear. Little by little, we discover what binds them together: the memory of the 'Tell me about love', a slam evening organized by a certain Clémence.

Amaury, a young Parisian, returns from a long journey in Africa during which he had a profound revelation. In his Haussmann-style apartment, he invites his friends to share the upcoming upheaval in his life: he wants to change his identity...

Two girls laugh and dance and sing.