Sabam for Culture

Seven years after the death of his mother, 13-year-old Karim leaves Paris for Morocco with his father Messaoud, who has remarried.

Eunice (7) grows up with her sister Tarma (9) in a poor neighborhood. Despite their young age, the sisters must face a brutal reality.

In a cold bathroom, a woman is fighting a peculiar battle. She has a frog inside her, and it is demanding more and more space.

'like drops on a bed of embers' is a animated dance film about a young person's desire for true love. Through the evolution of animated mediums, like cyanotype, oil paint on glass or ceramics; The dancing protagonist experiences different stages of her illusory quest after romantic love: from the toxic admiration or the constant switch of partners, and complete exhaustion; to finally surrender and embrace her own changes of heart.