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Personne Avant Toi

'Personne Avant Toi' (Nobody Before You)

Director - Olivier Lecot
DP- Pascal Provost

The What
Adrian is a compulsive lover. No matter whether they are beautiful, wonderful, or just special, he wants them all. And he succeeds, with words of love sincerely whispered until they lose their meaning.Adrian is a compulsive liar. But he's not aware of it, expect of few moments of clarity. And since no one really exists to him, one day, he himself may no longer exist to anybody.

The Why
"I wanted to talk about this disease that drives us to lie until we reach the limit where there is no longer a difference between sincerity and lies, the moment when they melt. I wanted to show how the desperate seek for love expresses itself in the same way on every face, using the same silent language. I wanted to create a hypnotic movement with the repetitive use of the same words and the same gestures, until it turns into something really weird, quiet different from the entertaining beginning of the story. I wanted Adrian to seduce us, to confuse us, to annoy us, and it was obvious that women would have the last word. Adrian is the dark center of a lightning game. Every woman is a new color. Costumes, backgrounds, lights, make-up, effects, everything is done to reinforce this feeling. Lana is the only women as dark as him. And she’s the one he decides to choose, attracted to his own desperate way to love."

The Details - 8 minutes, 16mm Anamorphic, color, French
Shot in a café in a suburb of Paris

Awards
Best Short film New York / Avignon Film Festival

Rights
Selected rights still available - contact sales@cinemacapital.com