Your son's apartment becomes a furnace of unspoken longing. 19 minutes of pure tension.
Olga, exhausted, abused by her boyfriend, comes to take refuges in her son's apartment. Her son is involved in a passionate relationship with his girlfriend in a burning hot city. Olga finds herself a prisoner of her desire, inflamed by the young couple's intimacy.
Cinematography
Heat as character—sweat, light, and claustrophobic framing.
Acting
Anne Loiret's silent, devastating physicality.
Director
Maxime Bruneel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bruneel shot in actual summer heat with no AC, forcing genuine physical discomfort from cast.
Part of a wave of French short films exploring female desire through tension rather than release—think Claire Denis in miniature.
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