One bonfire. Two girls. A whole summer's worth of feelings in fourteen minutes.
A tiny Alsatian village’s summer bonfire brings all the inhabitants out for the celebration. Léa and Aurélie, two teenage girls with teenage woes, savor this first night of the summer, wandering about the bonfire until the bitter dawn breaks.
Cinematography
Golden hour that somehow lasts the whole short.
Direction
Arun captures the specific ache of teenage summers.
Director
Mali Arun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mali Arun shot this in her actual Alsatian hometown, casting local non-professionals including her own sister.
The summer solstice bonfire tradition (Feux de la Saint-Jean) has pagan roots that make the film's themes of transition and transformation quietly mythic.
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