Clara Elig

What should cinema be about? 27 years after its release, Breaking the Waves, directed by Lars Von Trier, offers an answer that remains stunning. Francesco M. P. Maccarone pays him homage in this short film, inspired by the style of the groundbreaking Danish director. With Clara Elig.

After being brutally broken up with by his girlfriend, a young Parisian organises a dinner party for his friends. Half listening to their pretentious squabbles, he starts to fall in love over the dinner table when he notices his friend’s mysterious British cousin is equally tired by the party’s conversation in this joyful, magical romantic comedy.

Pour son premier jour au 112, le centre d’appels d’urgence européen, Sophie, jeune standardiste, doit gérer une situation de crise dans le métro parisien.

Adolescentes, Blandine et Magalie étaient inséparables. Les années ont passé et elles se sont perdues de vue. Alors que leurs chemins se croisent de nouveau, elles décident de faire ensemble le voyage dont elles ont toujours rêvé. Direction la Grèce, son soleil, ses îles mais aussi ses galères car les deux anciennes meilleures amies ont désormais une approche très différente des vacances… et de la vie !

During a Parisian screening of short films, Paolo, an aspiring Italian filmmaker, meets Anna, a French actress. The young woman's eyes suddenly become the spark of a fire that, despite the bewildered reactions of his friends, begins to light up the protagonist's life. But what if the image of this woman, captured and shaped by Paolo's mind, had nothing to do with the real Anna?