Looking away

Looking away

What to do when you no longer recognize yourself? When our life seems out of step with who we are?

· Drama, Romance

Colin is a painting student in Italy, introverted and suffering from a void in his life. He no longer paints. One weekend, he decides to return to France to spend a day with his friends whom he has not seen for a long time. But this little party will not go as hoped. The gap that has grown between him and them continues to widen, to the point where continuing to look away is no longer possible.

Directed by Mallory Triquoire · Written by Mallory Triquoire

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