Céline Rouzet

For over ten years, Céline Rouzet has spent a great deal of time in Papua New Guinea, obssessed by the beauty and violence of this country so far from the rest of the world. She has made radio documentaries (France Culture and France Inter) and investigations articles (Le Monde diplomatique) before moving behind the camera to make the documentary 140 km West of Paradise, released in 2022 and selected in numerous festivals. Céline then directed En attendant la nuit, a fantastic family drama co-written with William Martin, released in June 2024 (Mostra de Venise – Orizzonti and Jury Prize at the Gérardmer Film Festival). She is currently writing her next feature film, Nuits blanches, with Hélène Bararuzunza, on themes such as fear of Others and the savagery that lurks beneath the surface of ordinary life.

White Nights (Nuits Blanches)

La Sélection Annuelle 2025

Julie and Max, a young French couple in their thirties, move into a luxurious, ultra-secure residence in a dangerous tropical capital where Max intends to boost his career. Julie follows him out of love. She soon finds it hard to cope with the expat milieu and the asymmetrical relationship with the local household staff. But in trying to do the right thing, she triggers a chain reaction that threatens the existing equilibrium: the balance of power shifts and fear takes hold of the expatriate group.