A rapper goes deaf mid-flow — now what? This French indie dares to ask.
Acting
Non-professional cast brings devastating lived-in authenticity.
Direction
Carrenard's guerrilla style — shot in 9 days on peanuts.
Sound
Sudden silence as narrative weapon. You feel the loss.
Director
Salomé Blechmans
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot for roughly €5,000 over nine days with a skeleton crew. The deafness plot emerged when lead actor Sékouba Doucouré mentioned his own hearing issues in rehearsal.
Premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014, representing a wave of ultra-low-budget French cinema rejecting traditional industry gatekeeping. The 'FLA' title remains deliberately unexplained — fans still debate if it means anything.
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