Petit homme
Jean-Guillaume Sonnier

David is a young apprentice jockey, reserved but determined. At the training centre he is fascinated by Eliab, just a little older than him, who is jockey for a famous racing stable. To get to know him better and to obtain his advice, he spies on him and covers up his nightly escapades...Eliab starts to open up to him. But is David sure of his own motivations?
With : Thomas Doret, Hamza Meziani
Screenplay : Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
Image : Pascale Marin
Sound : Arnaud Marten
Editing : Vincent Tricon
Screenplay : Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
Image : Pascale Marin
Sound : Arnaud Marten
Editing : Vincent Tricon
Production : Casa Azul Films
Co-production : RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse
Contact : mail@casa-azul.ch
Co-production : RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse
Contact : mail@casa-azul.ch

Jean-Guillaume Sonnier was born in Annecy in 1988. He entered the cinema department of the ECAL (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne) in 2008. In 2011 he directed À quoi tu joues, which the prize for the most promising Swiss film maker (Action Light prize) at the Locarno Festival. In 2014 he was again selected at the Locarno Festival with his short film Petit Homme.