Collectif COMET

Three supernatural tales where eternity items are being traded and, within easy reach, put our time, image and language landmarks in jeopardy.

On his faraway island, J. dreams of sailing in the sea on a toothed whale. The problem is, he only has a tiny yellow fish.

Mister Jones, old blind painter and admirer of Van Gogh, is looked after in a rest home by Bob, a young male nurse with whom he falls in love. As their relation evolves between fantasy and reality, the small room is transforming into one of Van Gogh’s famous paintings.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft sometimes wrote his tales in a state of trance, even unconsciousness. Starting from mysterious audio tapes found at his home, 'Return to Providence' reveals the duplicity of this man from another time in broad daylight. We find him lost in his fantasies, trapped between the fear of vanished gods at the end of the seas and the peace of his childhood home in Providence, place of wisdom and constant daydreams.

Elias, a twenty year-old student, comes back home for the holidays. He gets back to his mother Françoise and an old childhood friend, Bob. Before Elias left town, they were still lovers. Since, Bob became the town boy's punching bag.

It's summer, a little residential neighborhood is submerged by fear when its inhabitants learn that a burglar escaped from the island facing their homes. What to do ? The streets are wide, the walls are low, the heat is punishing and he could be anywhere.

There is a special brigade dedicated to camera thefts in Lisbon. Few cameras are found, although sometimes tapes are thrown in the gutter like lost memories. Policemen watch these tapes hoping to find clues in this flow of touristic and intimate video recordings. One image leads the investigation to France.

During the night of September 5th, 1879, Camille Doncieux, wife of the painter Claude Monet, dies from a womb cancer. In the early hours of the following morning, the painter makes a last portrait of the one who used to be his model, before becoming his wife and the mother of his two children.

On the beaches in the North of France, a group of friends had to say goodbye. In an appartment in Paris, leaving is putting away. Even if we hide under the blanket, even if we chew hard our corn flakes, we will hear the doors slamming. Somtimes, we believe that we’re going too far and some people leave for real.

A talented extra - maybe one of the most talented in the history of cinema - regrets the destruction of his job by the inevitable development of digital crowds.