L'Engloutie & Nino at the Cannes Film Festival
Films by Louise Hémon and Pauline Loquès on the Croisette!
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Nino, Pauline Loquès’ first feature film, is one of seven in competition at the 64th Critics’ Week (May 14-22).
Pauline began developing her screenplay in 2020 at two workshops Scénario : puissance & âme organized by Groupe Ouest Développement.
Nino is produced by Sandra da Fonseca for Blue Monday Productions and co-produced by France 2 Cinéma. Also pre-purchased by Ciné+, OCS and Disney+, the feature is supported by the CNC advance on receipts, Sofica Cinémage and the Île-de-France region.
Théodore Pellerin, William Lebghil and Jeanne Balibar play in Nino.
SYNOPSIS:
In three days’ time, Nino faces a major trial. Until then, the doctors have given him two missions. Two imperatives that will take the young man through Paris, pushing him to become one with others and with himself.
L’Engloutie by Louise Hémon, selected for the 2025 Quinzaine des Cinéastes (14-24 may).
Louise Hémon took part in Boost Camp in 2018 – the program to boost the development of films directed by women, as well as the Groupe Ouest Annual Selection in 2019 for the development of this feature film. A seminal experience, since she then went on to write this screenplay with Anaïs Tellenne, whom she met at the Annual Selection. Produced by Margaux Juvénal at Take Shelter, L’Engloutie is the laureate of the CNC’s Aide à l’écriture, the Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma 2023’s Aide à la Création, the Bourse Beaumarchais-SACD, Emergence 2022 and received the Jury’s Special Mention at the Prix du Scénario 2023.
SYNOPSIS
Suddenly is a hamlet surrounded by snow on a remote mountain plateau. On a stormy night, its inhabitants welcome Aimée, a young, secular, republican schoolteacher, who will stay on for the winter to teach a handful of children. But shortly after her arrival, an avalanche swallows up the first mountain dweller…
