Camille arrives in Ouessant, the island of her birth off the Brittany coast, to sell the family home. She spends a last night in the house during which she discovers a secret. In 1963 a man came to work with her father, who was the Jument lighthouse operator. He only stayed two months, but his presence proved to be a disturbing catalyst.
Cinematography
Ouessant's brutal beauty—every frame aches with salt and regret.
Acting
Bonnaire's wordless longing could power the Jument lighthouse itself.
Score
Minimalist strings that mimic wind howling through empty rooms.
Director
Philippe Lioret
Sandrine Bonnaire
Mabé
Anne Consigny
Camille
Philippe Torreton
Yvon Le Guen
Grégori Derangère
Antoine Cassendi
Émilie Dequenne
Brigitte
Nathalie Besançon
Jeanne
Martine Sarcey
Jeanne âgée
Jean Senejoux
Rémi
Thierry Lavat
Tinou
Christophe Rossignon
Pompier
Nicolas Bridet
Jean-Mi
Bernard Spiegel
L'entrepreneur
Christophe Kourotchkine
Lebras
Emmanuel Courcol
Le curé
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Jument lighthouse sits on France's most dangerous island; keepers historically endured six-month isolations, making Antoine's two-month stay almost scandalously brief.
Lioret shot in chronological order so Bonnaire and Derangère's real tension would mirror their characters' compressed, doomed intimacy.
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