38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Monsieur William, les traces d'une vie possible

Denis Gaubert

France
2001 Fiction 25 min
Simon Edelman is interned in the neurology department at Richmond hospital. His transfer note indicates : "Abandoned confused and disoriented. Identity unknown". The nurse christens him Monsieur William, as they know only that he is French.
Avec les voix de : Nathalie Lévy-Lang, André Valmy
Screenplay : Denis Gaubert, Sarah Sobol, Jean-Christophe Sanchez
Image : Denis Gaubert
Sound : ulien Ngo-Trong, Gurwal Coïc
Production : Sotavento // Antoine Roch, 17 rue Saint-Vincent de Paul, 75010 Paris, France // Tel : +33 1 40 08 08 83
Denis Gaubert was born in 1976. He studied film at the Guist'hau secondary school in Nantes, then in the directing department of the Louis Lumière national media-arts school. Director of the documentary Les garçons de l'amphi in 1999, he has also worked as director of photography and assistant director of photography.