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LA PORTE FERMÉE / The Closed Door

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In a psychologist’s office, patients come and go. They all talk about beauty. Too much, not enough, lost, fantasized. Confessions unfold, funny, absurd, sometimes cruel, until a little girl takes a seat on the couch. With disarming simplicity, she disrupts the frame and reveals what adults refuse to see. A film that begins like a bittersweet comedy and, without warning, slips into a far more serious reality. A direct look at beauty, silence, and what is hidden behind closed doors.

Aouatefe LAHMANI

biography

My name is Aouatefe Lahmani. I am a writer, actress, and director. I come from cinema and writing, with a background that blends acting, directing, and close observation of reality. I like telling simple stories that reveal what we often choose to ignore, somewhere between humor and gravity.

Credits
  • Directing : Aouatefe LAHMANI
  • Script : Aouatefe LAHMANI
  • Casting : Petite Fille : Athénaïs Partensky Burel /Patient 1: Jocerand MAKILA / Patient 2 : Alexandra GIRAULT / Patient 3 : Amandine Partensky / Psychologue : Aouatefe LAHMANI /
  • Photography : Alexis REYNAUD
  • Sound : Ellia NONINI
  • Editing : Audran VIROT
  • Decoration : SMILE DESIGN GENEVE
  • Makeup & hairdressing : Marwa GLOWBYNOOR
  • Directing assistant : Laurine VILCHEZ / SCRIPT Nathan CARDACI
  • Calibration : SIDI AISSAOUI
  • Sound mixing : Fabrice VALSIN

spécial thanks to Sammy, Sofia et Faycal !

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