france, 2025 / 3min15 / super8 color & black and white, cyanotype prints, still 35mm photos animation.
selected and screened in italy by SICILIAMBIENTE FILM FESTIVAL / 2025
It’s the story of a love that has been lost, of a painful break-up narrated through a long night’s journey, its dreams and nightmares. This girl keeps dreaming of her ex-boyfriend, that follows her in her unconscious and reveals himself in various ways. The first dream (Daffodil Lament), at 11h58 p.m. is set in an oneiric field, she lays on her bed and remembers her last birthday as he appears then hides out between the hanging clothes. The second one (No Need to Argue, 3h17 a.m.) is a nightmare, aesthetically resemblant to an 80s splatter horror movie. The last one before she wakes up (Love is a Place, 5h01 a.m.) is a nostalgic remembrance of their relationship and ends with a goodbye kiss and the acceptance of the end of it.
written, shot and directed by gaia marinese
starring tiffanie lachaux et thibault ritterbeck
music by strates
script girl prisca perisse
editing by gaia marinese
color correction by ttpixel studio
make-up and costumes by sophie kuhlmann
light assistant + set photographer maelle laurent
production assistant louis cyrus sanjabi
movie poster by gaia marinese
gaia marinese 