37th edition
18-26 january 2025

A Quiet man

L'Homme silencieux

Nyima Cartier

Image A Quiet man
© Mabel Films
France
2020 Fiction 14 min
OV without subtitles
Paris-La Défense, the business district. From the 17 th floor of an office building, Pierre is staring out the window: down below, a colleague who was dismissed that morning has been sitting on a bench for hours, alone in the cold. Why won’t he go home? From the heights of his office, Pierre wonders what to do.
Cast : Alexandre Steiger, Jules Sagot, Victoire Du Bois, Solal Bouloudnine
Scenario : Nyima Cartier
Cinematography : Balthazar Lab
Prise de son : Hadrien Bayard
Editing image : Esther Lowe, Nyima Cartier
Editing son : Antoine Baudouin
Sound Sound Mixinging : Niels Barletta
Color Grading : TBC
Production : Mabel Films
© Emilie Zasso
A graduate of London’s Metropolitan Film School, Nyima Cartier directed White Lie in England, adapted from her graduation script. On her return to France, she made the short film Nako (Best Fiction at Bogoshorts, selected in Palm Springs, Hamptons, Uppsala, etc.). In 2021 she directed two short films produced by Mabel Films, Le Lac
(Paris Court Devant, Sarasota...) and L’Homme silencieux (A Quiet Man) (Prix Qualité du CNC, selected for the César 2022, Diff Canal+). She is currently working on her first feature film, Chien noir, co-written with Samuel Doux and produced by Mabel Films in co-production with 2.4.7. Films.