Martin Le Gall

From 2010 to 2012, Martin Le Gall worked as a producer and project manager for Anoki, a film production company based in Toulouse. He directed several short films, including Jogging Category (2009), which won the Audience Award in Aubagne in 2010. His first feature, Pop Redemption, was released in theaters in June 2013.

Christophe Lemoine is his co-writer on the project Bigoudène, developed as part of the Groupe Ouest Annual Selection.

Bigoudène

Sélection Annuelle 2012

Brittany, Pays Bigouden, early 20th century.

Every morning, the old and blind embroiderer Laouig Jegu goes to pray at his village chapel accompanied by his sister. After making the sign of the cross at the holy water font, something astonishing happens. The holy water is tinted with red : he bears the stigmata of Christ!  A miracle? A supernatural phenomenon? The village priest immediately sends word to the highest authorities of the Church, and an investigator, Mathieu Orfila, is dispatched by the Vatican. Marie, the priest’s young housemaid, assists him in the inquiry. Miracle? Deception? The truth may be even more surprising.