Florence Blain Mbaye

A runaway actress desperate to learn English, a screenwriter working on the story of a bomb-defusing poet, a priest with a penchant for smell-based sermons and . . . Denzel Washington. Backed by a dozen others, these characters weave together the multiple stands of a wide-ranging chaotic work that defies easy definition.

A true animated film about invented islands. About an imaginary, linguistic, political territory. About a real or dreamed country, or something in between.

Bridgeport, January 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examine the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imagined biography, the film will explore the relationship between the security of the living space and the violence that can jeopardize it.

An anachronistic firefighter, a quotidian poet, and an expert soup-maker, Ducarmel also plays in a competitive basketball league. There’s only one problem with his hobbies: finding a babysitter to look after his daughter. Moreover, when he dozes off in the evening, he dreams… a little too forcefully. In his bizarre dream world, a beguiling blue book reigns, love looms, and he is the best basketball player of all time. (Letterboxd)