“Before/After (Avant/Après), French-Ostonian Writer, Director and Actor Manoël Dupont’s Debut Feature About Two Men Who Bond Over Their Baldness and Travela to Istan. Surgery, Will World Premiere in the Proxima Competition of the 59th Edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) Next MONT. The Film is about jérémy and”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Before/After WAS Written and Directed by Dupont and Produced by Boris Boris Baum and Clara Brandt for Brussels-Basted Production Company Les Films de la récré. Paris- and Marseille-Based Outplay Films is Handling Sales on the Movie.
“The Idea of Transformation is at the Heart of Before/After (Avant/Après), “Explans Dupont.“ What Marks Change? WHEN DO WE SAY THAT CONTHING HAS TRULY HAPPENED – AND WHY? What first intrigged me was the transplant itlf. IT’s SUCH A SIMPLE ACT: NOTHING IS ADDED, ONLY MOVED. One hair follicle is taken from here and implanted there. It’s Not Addition, It’s Displacement – And that Alone Is Enough To Create Change. ”
Continued the Filmmaker: “That Idea Guided Me Narratively As Well. I’M Not Interated In Separating Reality from Filt – I Want Them To Nourish and Echo Each. Characters’ Past Together.
A Kviff Synopsis Highlights That MOVIE “GENTLY Explores themes of Queer Identity, Vulneracy and Human Intimacy,” Adding that “the Pair’s Meanders Turuhhhhhhhhhhhh. – Namely The Search for Beauty in Things That Aren’t Perfect. ”
The Trailer Shows Leads Baptiste Leclere and Jérémy Lamblot Visiting A Clinic, But Especialy Talking to Each Other, Including With Foam on Their Heads, and Bantering, Incling, Incling, InCluding, InCluding, InCluding, Incling. “Shitty Hair.”
DuPont Concluded: “They A Great Comic Duo, Full of Irony, WHICH DEFINITELY ALSO Shaped The Film’s Story and Tone Along the Way.”
Watch the trailer for Before/After Below.