Émilie lives in a world of surveillance: her camgirl work; the camera phone lingering on a crush from afar; the headset affording her a drone’s perspective. The same drone that stalks each move she makes, offering inspiration, noting rivals. An unsolicited companion is conspiring with or against her. A financially strapped transplant now living in the Paris suburbs, Émilie is thrust into a high-powered world when she is chosen for a renovation workshop with a prestigious architect. Her classmates come mostly from “filthy rich” backgrounds, like cocky Olivier, who wants Émilie as his conquest. But Émilie has shy eyes only for self-sufficient Mina, whose music builds like a “helicoid.” A drone—unlike any known model—is watching her all along waiting for her next move and paying handily for the privilege.
Cinematography
Drone shots that feel like predatory gazes—beautiful and violating.
Direction
Bouisson weaponizes screen-within-screen tension masterfully.
Sound
Mina's 'helicoid' music builds desire like sonic foreplay.
Director
Simon Bouisson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bouisson filmed actual Parisian banlieue architecture workshops to capture authentic class friction—many 'rich kid' actors improvised their condescension.
The drone's design combines military and consumer aesthetics deliberately; production consulted actual surveillance tech developers who refused credit.
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