Ten minutes of ego death that'll make you delete your drafts.
Joe, a young writer, embarks on writing his second book after the runaway success of his first. But Joe is quickly overwhelmed by the remarks of those close to him, remarks that will eventually obsess him until he can no longer turn back...
Direction
Three directors, one suffocating vision — somehow it works.
Editing
Rapid-fire cuts mirror Joe's unraveling psyche perfectly.
Acting
Guenser's descent from confidence to madness in ten flat.
Director
Jorik Saint-Martin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Saint-Martin, Calilhanna and Richer were actual film school classmates who rotated directing duties based on whose trauma matched each act.
The 'écrivain' in the French title carries bourgeois weight the English 'writer' loses; this is specifically about literary prestige anxiety in post-Sartre France.
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