Particles
Feature film, 2019
Director: Blaise Harrison
With: Thomas Daloz, Nea Lüders, Salvatore Ferro, Léo Couilfort, Nicolas Marcant, Emma Josserand
Written by: Blaise Harrison, Mariette Désert. En collaboration avec Julien Bouissoux et Dimitri Kourtchine.
Synopsis:
At the foot of the Jura Mountains, P.A., aged 17, and his gang of friends are in their last year at high school. 400 feet below ground, the Large Hadron Collider enables scientists to discover previously unknown particles. As the area slips into wintertime, P.A. starts to realize the world around him is on the move. He starts seeing things glow, abnormalities in the landscape, tiny alterations in a familiar ecosystem.
Awards and festivals:
Selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section (Quinzaine des réalisateurs) 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival. Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2019.
Partners:
Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Canal +, Fondation Gan. Région Centre-Val-de-Loire. Fondation Romance Cineforom. RTS. Media, Bourse SSA, OFC.
World sales: Les Films du Losange