Lui

2024 - 10' - Thriller

Directed by Matthias Couquet
Casting : Anthony Martin, Andranic Manet
Production : Insolence Productions

Nominations and awards : 
Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Film Festival (Prix du Jury Jeunes), Off-Courts, FEFFS, Sitges Film Festival, Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest, Festival Tous Courts

François is meeting his friend Pierre at a café. Pierre claims to be followed by a stranger who watches him from afar, yet Pierre never manages to approach him. Who is he? Pierre is convinced that he is getting closer, inexorably, and that his intentions are malicious.

Lui movie poster

The story behind

Emilie met Matthias through a filmmaker friend, who then pitched her Lui, a kind of Parisian cafe version of "It Follows", loosely based on a Maupassant short story. This first short film produced for Matthias aligns with the type of cinema that Insolence has strongly championed since its inception. We appreciate films that embrace a genre in a personal way, while still remaining accessible to audiences. Thanks to a pre-acquisition by OCS, we were able to film quickly in the winter of 2023. The film has since been very successful, especially with young audiences, as evidenced by the two awards at Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Aix-en-Provence Tous Courts.

Partners

CNC, Procirep

Pre-purchased by OCS

Distributed by Manifest
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