A film by Juliette Marchand
13 min. / animation / 2003
An Alter Ego / Arte France
coproduction
with production support from the region of Centre, the CNC (National Center for Cinema and the Moving Image) and Procirep-Angoa
In the bend of a country road, the city-dweller Jean falls in love with Hélène, a music-loving shepherdess. The conjugal happiness lasts one time, but the maintenance of the kitchen garden occupies Jean every day more, especially since a magnificent meadow mushroom went out of ground.
Gradually abandoned, Hélène can only attend, powerless, in the decay of her couple as the mushroom grows, grows…
Festival Selections :
Festival du film de Vendôme – 2003
Festival Ciné 32 – Auch – 2003