38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Mateo Falcone

Eric Vuillard

Image Mateo Falcone
France
2008 Fiction 1h05
It is summer. A very dry landscape under a dazzling sun. A child is alone on a farm. His parents are away for a few hours. Not far away a man escapes from a group of soldiers. He asks the child to hide him in exchange for a coin.
Screenplay : Eric Vuillard
Image : Yohann Charnin
Sound : Yves Capus
Editing : Juliette Haubois
Production : Mandrake Films et L Films, Catherine Jacques et Emmanuel Schlumberger // 16, rue Séguier, 75006 Paris, France // Tel : +33 1 43 54 70 74 / Fax : +33 1 46 33 45 85 // Email : mandrake@mandrakefilms.com
International sales: Coach 14 // 21 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Paris, France // Tel : +33 1 47 00 10 60 / Fax : +33 1 47 00 10 02
Eric Vuillard has published three books, Bois vert, Le chasseur and Tohu. He has already co-written with Philippe Goudrieux the screenplay of La Vie nouvelle. At forty he has made his first film Mateo Falcone.