L’Engloutie

Louise Hémon took part in the Boost Camp in 2018 and in Le Groupe Ouest’s Annual Selection for the development of this feature film.

Synopsis

1899. On a stormy night, Aimée, a young republican schoolteacher, arrives in a snowbound hamlet on the remote edges of the French Alps. Despite the villagers’ mistrust, she is determined to shed light on what she sees as their dark beliefs. As she gradually becomes part of the community, a sensual vertigo begins to grow within her. Until the day an avalanche claims the life of a first mountain dweller.