37th edition
18-26 january 2025

Cauchemar du Promeneur Solitaire

Paul Saintillan

Image Cauchemar du Promeneur Solitaire
France
2005 Fiction 17 min
A father takes his family hiking in the mountains, but weary of his kids' whining tells his wife to turn back with them and continues the ascent alone. Taking a break up aways, he sits down and closes his eyes... When he opens them, his youngest son standing at the edge of the forest looking at him...
With : Guillaume Dreyfus, Véronique Fortin, Gustave Bordenave, Théo Bordenave, François Toumarkine, Jean-Michel Roux, Laurent Bachellerie
Screenplay : Paul Saintillan, Manoline Beautier
Image : Claire Mathon
Sound : Antoine Corbin, Charles Michaud
Music : Ezéchiel Pailhès
Editing : Olivier Ferrari
Production : Emmanuel Chaumet, Ecce Films // 12-14 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 93100 Montreuil, France // Tel : +33 1 48 70 42 83 // Email : eccefilms@yahoo.fr
Paul Saintillan was born in Versailles in 1971. He studied philosophy and the arts before enrolling in La Fémis in 1999. He graduated in 2002, and while there made a documentary, Manège (2000), and several school films, including Margot mis à nu (2001) and La vie est un singe (2002) both of which were presented at the Premiers Plans Festival. Cauchemar du promeneur solitaire is his first short since leaving La Fémis.