A son vanishes into the mountains. A mother arrives. No one will speak.
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.
Cinematography
Alpine landscapes as psychological pressure cooker.
Acting
Emmanuelle Béart's wordless devastation.
Direction
Menahem withholds everything you want to know.
Director
Pierre Menahem
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a recent wave of French 'cinema of absence' films where disappearance becomes metaphor for national unease.
Emmanuelle Béart insisted on spending two weeks alone in the valley before filming to capture authentic isolation.
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