Short film

The Horla

2022 · 35 min

A quiet, unsettling drift through city spaces and faces, where everyday images feel charged with unseen meaning.

Overview: In the Paris metro, there’s a man in a black mask. An anti-vax demonstration passes by the indifferent camera. The man goes home, the sound of social anger following him inside, but nothing seems to matter to him except his business with his double whom he finds inside the white walls The curve of his shaved head mirrors the sculpture behind him on the mantelpiece. Portraits appear in his back. Elsewhere, on the banks of the Seine, a woman and a dog look out into the distance, as if they’re waiting for something to happen.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, identity, politics, madness
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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