A man involved in a passionate relationship with a celebrated writer of 30 years his senior needs to talk. He is fascinated by her and yet he feels he just cannot go on anymore. He opens up, in an attempt to put into words the intensity of his love.
- Vilnius International Film Festival – Masters
- BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Festival – Official Selection
- Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival
- Istanbul International Film Festival
- Subversive Film Festival
- San Sebastian International Film Festival – Official Competition
- New York Film Festival – Currents Section
- Indie Memphis Film Festival – Narrative Competition
- Viennale – Main Program
- Mostra de São Paulo – International Perspective
- French Film Festival UK – Panorama
- Puerto Rico European Film Festival – Main Program
- Mannheim Heilderberg International Film Festival – Pushing The Boundaries
- French Film Festival in Japan
- FIFAM Amiens International Film Festival – Great Fiction Prize
Born in London, Claire Simon first directed independent short films. She then discovered the practice of direct cinema with the Ateliers Varan and made several documentaries such as "At All Costs" (1995) and "Recreations" (1998), which garnered multiple awards. She wrote and directed three feature fiction films which were presented in Cannes’s Directors’ Fortnight: "A Foreign Body" (1997), "On Fire" (2005), "God’s Offices" (2008). Her most recent films include "Gare du Nord" (2013, fiction), which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, "The Woods Dreams Are Made Of" (2015, documentary) and "The Competition" (2016, documentary), which premiered at Venice International Film Festival and won the award of Venice Classic’s Best Documentary. "Young Solitude" premiered at Forum’s Berlinale in 2018. Her latest documentary, "The Grocer’s Son", "The Mayor", "The Village And The World" premiered at IDFA 2020 and will be released in French theaters on September 1st, 2021.
- I Want To Talk About Duras – 2021
- Young Solitude – 2018 – Documentary
- The Graduation – 2016 – Documentary
- The Woods Dreams Are Made Of – 2015
- Gare Du Nord – 2013
- Human Geography – 2013
- God’s Office – 2008
- Ça Brule – 2006
- Mimi – 2002 – Documentary
- Sinon, Oui – 1997
- At All Costs – 1995 – Documentary
- Recreations – 1992 – Documentary
- Scènes de Ménages – 1991
- Les Patients – 1989
- La Police – 1986 – Short film
Swann Arlaud
Emmanuelle Devos
Screenwriter: Claire Simon
DOP: Céline Bozon
Editor: Julien Lacheray
Costume Design: Dorothée Guiraud
Sound: Virgile Van Ginneken
Music: Nicolas Repac
Set Design: Daniel Bevan
Production: Les Films de l’Après-Midi
World Sales: Luxbox
