Laetitia Mikles

Franck heals horses with his hands. With his children, he is loving and playful. With horses, he is patient and delicate. But when it comes to talking to Zita, he clams up.

Claude, a photographer in search for inspiration, makes a living by taking medical pictures for a surgeon specialized in eyelids reconstruction. One day, Frida is standing in front of his camera. Claude's artistic search will then confront Frida's deepest wounds.

Pierre Primetens was born on 22 April 1974, three days before the Carnation Revolution which put an end to the Portuguese dictatorship. He spent the first years of his childhood in Chaville, not far from Versailles and regularly took family trips to Portugal, until the death of his mother. Then his life takes another turn. Memories pile up, and photos of his childhood and his family get lost or destroyed. Retracing and understanding the events that marked his biography and determined his being become a fundamental step for him to survive. Consequently, he decides to tell his story by borrowing the images of others.

One day, a young Franco-Algerian discovered the songs of the famous Belgian singer Jacques Brel. This sudden passion changes his life forever. This film follows Abdel's dedication to performing the artist's songs, as well as his journey to reconnect with his Algerian roots, illustrating the human bond created through popular songs.