In a Parisian parking lot Sonia finds herself trapped in her car with her son and the daughter of her boyfriend Fred, who has been left outside, powerless to deal with the situation: an anti-tank mine has been set under the car. Sonia is a bomb-disposal expert, who works for a NGO with Fred. She just got back from a mission in Ukraine and, while she's used to face dangerous situations, with the children's lives on the line the stakes have never been higher. Along with colleagues Igor and Camille, who came to the rescue, Sonia and Fred have 30 minutes to defuse the bomb and work out who could be the mastermind behind this. Will they stand united until the end or will the family implode under pressure?
Acting
Nora Arnezeder's controlled panic—expert hands, terrified eyes.
Direction
Peirani-Vignes keeps 90 minutes in one location breathless.
Editing
Real-time tension that somehow feels longer AND shorter.
Director
Vanya Peirani-Vignes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in an actual underground Paris parking garage during COVID restrictions—real claustrophobia, minimal crew.
Part of a wave of French 'confinement thrillers' post-2015, where domestic spaces become battlegrounds; compare to 13 Hours or The Guilty.
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