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Released in 2024

  • Directed by

    Anaïs Tellenne

  • Written by

    Anaïs Tellenne

  • Production

    Koro Films

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The Dreamer

Anaïs Tellenne

“The Dreamer” (formerly “Du grand feu ne restent que les braises” / “From the big fire remain only the embers”) is released in French theaters in January 2024. Anaïs Tellenne’s first feature is a gift from heaven, simple and strong, humble and complex.

The characters that come to life before our eyes – Raphaël (Raphaël Thiéry) and Garance (Emmanuelle Devos) – are never as we expect, as if the clay that Anaïs Tellenne uses to animate them remains fresh forever. We too, spectators, want to be covered with this clay to enter this humanity free from the usual filters.

In 2023, “The Dreamer” was one of the discoveries of the Venice Film Festival, it was also awarded with the Audience Prize at Busan Festival in South Korea. And Anaïs and her screenplay were accompanied at Le Groupe Ouest in 2019 as part of the Annual Selection.

 

Synopsis

Raphaël, a one-eyed man, is the caretaker of a mansion where no one lives anymore. Soon to turn 60, he lives with his mother in a small house located at the entrance to the grounds of the stately manor. Between mole hunting, bagpipe practice and the occasional ride in the postwoman’s Kangoo van, the days resemble one another. But one stormy night Garance, the estate’s heiress, comes back to the family’s abode and now nothing will ever be the same again.

Selections

  • Biennale de Venezia / Orizzonti
  • Festival Effervescence à Macon
  • Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon
  • Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival en Inde
  • Festival Indépendances et Créations à Auch

Prizes

  • BUSAN International Film Festival / Prix du public
  • Festival Jean Carmet à Moulins / Prix du meilleur second rôle pour Mireille Pitot et Prix de la meilleure distribution artistique
  • Festival International du Film de Saint-Jean-de-Luz / Prix du Jury Jeunes et Mention spéciale du Jury

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