J’AURAIS VOULU
QUE TU SOIS LÀ
(I wish you were here)
a film by Geoffroi Heissler
Produced by Marie Napoli for Lumina Films
with Alexis Loret, Françoise Lebrun, Delphine Chuillot
Written and directed by Geoffroi Heissler
Director of Photography Michele Gurrieri
Sound Samuel Mittelman
Editing Elif Uluengin
Set design Audrey Boitel
color, 23’, France 2014
Sony F3, Cooke S3 and Leica lenses
Armand, an expatriate business lawyer, returns to his home town. He goes to the bedside of his dying father, with whom he has not spoken in ten years. Armand is too late. His father is dead.
He then meets Carole, his childhood friend, who is also his first love.
Selected in 2014 and 2015: Festival Pantin côté court, Festival International du film de Court Métrage d’Avignon, Festival du Film Artisanal et Audacieux, Festival du Film de Lama, Festival Les Conviviales de Nannay, Festival Jean Carmet, Festival Ciné-vidéo Psy de l’Orquin, Festival du Film d’Hyères-les-Palmiers: best actor award to Alexis Loret