Lucie Corrigan

Summer, Picardy, Joe, a 20-year-old woman, is about to leave town for a new life, when Clotaire and Colas, two childhood friends/lovers return to town. Wandering together in the ruins of the small, industrial town, the trio reminisce about their utopian past.

In a land at the end of the world, it is said that a magic forest exists that can make appear the being most desired by travelers who stay there, a creature from a distant memory, a dreamed present, or an uncertain future.

Emma goes on dates all over the place thanks to a dating app. But no matter who the guy is, there's always something wrong. Knowing she's very demanding, she decides to win back the ex who best meets her criteria. Problem: she's just met Alex. Hyperactive, unkempt, heavy-handed, and convinced that Emma is the woman of his dreams, he crashes the party where she's trying to win her ex back.

Unmistakably French in its melancholy, this treatment of an apocalyptic subject (the film takes place after some kind of global disaster) takes La Jetée as its primary reference. Like Chris Marker, Félix Fattal builds a dynamic story from static images in Après nous, le déluge. The near-total lack of movement encourages the viewer to look into the texture of the imagery itself, lending it a haptic quality.