Les Heureux

Les Heureux

2021 · 10 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

In a summer Paris, during an epidemic, a ghostly character from another time discovers our contemporary urban life. His contemplative wandering, from afternoon to dawn, gives him ideas of alexandrines; those of Melancholia, written by Victor Hugo in 1856...

Directed by Clément Métayer · Written by Clément Métayer

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