37th edition
18-26 january 2025

Montparnasse

Mikhaël Hers

Image Montparnasse
France
2009 Fiction 58 min
Night, three young women, the neon street lights, deserted streets, a shopping mall, a sleeping garden, the square in front of the tower, the station forefront, the station café, a camera, a concert, a terrace, then the city awakes, Montparnasse.
Production : Les Films de la Grande Ourse
Since graduating from La fémis in 2004, he has directed Charell, a medium-length film seen at the International Critic's Week in 2006, and an award-winner in Angers. Primrose Hill, his second film, also selected for the International Critic's Week in 2007, has won awards in Clermont-Ferrand and Pantin. Montparnasse is his third film. It has been selected for this year's Directors' Fortnight in Cannes, and has won the Jean Vigo Prize. He is now working on editing his first feature.