Ambrosia Films

Maxime, a talented young actor with a promising future, has a great ambition to work at the very start of his career. One day he is lucky enough to find an opportunity to work on a new project by his favourite director, David Sunderbergh. Determined to do everything in possible to get a role in the great director's new film, Maxime sets out to record the best audition performance of his life. The result will be a unique selftape.

Nathan, in his twenties and still studying, no longer feels like he belongs in his own life. To reflect on his uncertain future, he decides to take a solo vacation to Corsica. Under the scorching summer sun, the introverted young man meets Léana and Félix, with whom he shares a shabby room in a youth hostel. The duo welcomes him warmly, as if they were old friends, which unsettles Nathan. Initially distant, he gradually grows fond of the pair, who are the complete opposite of him. Little by little, an unexpected bond forms between them—one that deeply shakes him.

As she struggles to cope with the loss of her older sister, Essie finds herself alone with her father. In the lake that borders the family home, she discovers a mysterious mermaid, which feeds only on gasoline.