Raphaël Thet
A screenwriter and playwright, Raphaël Thet co-wrote M for cinema with Sara Forestier and wrote two short films with Joffrey Monteiro Noël: MANGE and L’APPEL. In 2023, he is preparing two feature films with Benjamin Bouhana directing: SHTUM and MICO, both in development with Les Films de Manuel Munz and Les Films du 24.
For the theater, he wrote LES BIENFAISANTS, winner of the Off Editions at the Avignon Festival, and LONGTEMPS LA NUIT, adapted from Yasmine Ghata’s novel, which will be performed during the 2023 season in Vienna and Paris.
Alongside his work as an advertising copywriter, he has directed his first short films, L’INSTANT T and LOULOU. In early 2023, he also directed his first commercial.
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L’Enfant doré
Annual Selection 2023
Co-written with Joffrey Monteiro-Noël
A long time ago, in an isolated land…
La Pierre, an intersex child, is rejected by everyone due to his difference. One day, he is chosen as a model by Jonas, a perfectionist sculptor who sees him as an ideal being. He then moves into the castle where the artist lives with his twin sister, Diane, who is mourning her daughter. From then on, La Pierre does everything he can to be accepted by living up to the expectations of these adults blinded by their own fascination. But as he enters puberty, he has no choice but to listen to his body…