A sunny winter morning... Two brothers on a countryside path, go intown, as usual... That day, the younger brother has a meeting with his criminal friends. Stéphane, his older brother, isn’t aware of it. Fate will reunite them one last time... but too late. Stéphane, bearer of a terrible secret, is in for a life of suffering...
Direction
Morel's patient, devastating framing of ordinary moments.
Acting
Rideau's face speaks everything words cannot.

Director
Gaël Morel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gaël Morel cast his own brother Aurélien as the younger sibling; Paul Morel playing their father is their actual father.
Made in 1995, this preceded the 'New French Extremity' movement but shares its interest in bodily vulnerability and repressed sexuality. Rideau would become Morel's muse in 'Wild Reeds' (1994) and beyond.
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