

The prodigal son of a family in turmoil returns home to his French rural home to reconnect with his family and make sense of their dysfunctions.
Acting
Niels Schneider's haunted stillness says everything.
Cinematography
French countryside as beautiful prison.
Direction
Palud's restraint lets silence wound.

Director
Jessica Palud
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Palud adapted this from her own short, drawing from rural French communities where sons leave and never quite return.
Exarchopoulos filmed this between major projects, reportedly choosing it specifically to work with another woman director after her Blue Is the Warmest Color experience.