Where The Sun Sleeps

a film by

France | 39' | 04/2023 | fiction

Octave and Flora have been in a romantic relationship for a long time on an online game without ever having seen each other. While Flora burns with desire to meet her virtual lover, it is not the case of Octave, deeply complexed by a burn ravaging half his face. Weary of the situation, Flora gives Octave a date so that they can finally meet. Will their love survive this meeting?

Pablo Dury

Biography

Pablo Dury was born in 1994 in Paris. He graduated in Directing at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. In parallel, he set up Limagorium, a collective of filmmakers designed to encourage young film production. It is with this collective that in 2015 he started making OPIUM, his first medium-length film. It won the Fiction Grand Prix at the Festival Côté Court 2016. In 2018, he directed LES AMOUREUX, selected at Angers, Côté Court and Brive among other festivals. In 2021 he directed two short films produced by petit chaos: 💔 and WHERE THE SUN SLEEPS.

Filmography

  • Where The Sun Sleeps – 2022 – 39‘
  • 💔 / Broken Heart – 2022 – 23‘
  • Les Amoureux – 2018 – 45’
  • Opium – 2016 – 46’
  • Oui mais voilà – 2012 – 7’
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Crew

Director: Pablo Dury
Screenplay: Pablo Dury, Antoine Du Jeu
Producer: Petit Chaos – Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff
Cinematographer: Alexandre Cambron
Sound Design: Thomas Van Pottelberge
Editor: Luc Seugé
Composer: Group Rallye
Cast: Thomas Ducasse, Alice Mazodier

Festivals

  • Festival du cinéma de Brive, France (3 – 8 April, 2023)
    International Competition
  • 2ANNAS – Riga International Short Film FestivaI, Latvia (7 – 13 April, 2023)
    International Medium Length Competition Won: Best Short Fiction
  • Côté Court, France (7 – 17 June, 2023)
    Section Écrans Libres

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Press materials

EPK: Click here

Stills, poster & director’s photo: Click here

English dialogue list: Click here

Downloadable teaser: Click here

Excerpts: Click here