Léo
Perenom
Young 22 year old Parisian author, in my third year of a Bachelor's degree in Cinema at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle, I have been writing screenplays for several years, having been able to learn alongside Abdel Raouf Dafri, Santiago Amigorena and now Laurent Hébert. After participating in several student short films and writing another one, winner of the Talent en Cours program, I quickly wanted to work on writing feature films. Often thrillers or dramas, populated by characters who find themselves on the margins of an environment, a system or their own lives. The themes of my work often revolve around the question of violence and disenchantment and the way they intrude into the story and the existence of my characters. While I am a screenwriter by training, I would also like to be able to deepen my reflection on the image by moving into directing.
Hors-Jeu
Jessica Valenti dreamed of a glamorous life before she married French soccer prodigy Marco Valenti ten years ago, then became the disenchanted mistress of his agent, the borderline Smaïl Amar. Ten years have passed, ten years that have seen her husband's career become more and more anecdotal, undermined by the injuries, excesses and illegal business in which Amar associated. Money laundering, obscure investments, rigged matches. Ten years to fill the void for this woman who has been hiding a secret heavier than the others for several months... When an investigation by Interpol and the French authorities comes dangerously close to the two men, Amar, convinced that his partner is going to betray him, decides to make him disappear while Jessica looks for a way to prevent the worst. In the midst of this world that is slowly unraveling, there seems to be no alternative to violence and to this endless flight forward that their lives have become...
