Hugues

Hugues

2017 · 48 min · ★ 4.2 · Comedy, Drama

Hugues is forty years old. He's an actor but he doesn't want to perform. He's taken refuge with Serge, his partner, in the house where he grew up. However, Micheline, a director, insists that he tread the boards once again. Serge gives him an ultimatum: it's him or the play. Hugues chooses the play. When rehearsals start, Hugues, alone in the house, discovers naked people frolicking in the field adjoining the garden.

Directed by Pascal Cervo · Written by Pascal Cervo

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