Périfilms

His name is Nicolas, but she calls him “Calino”. She is Nejma, he calls her “Nej’, ma neige”. She just wants to be herself, but he wants her for himself. In him we see a combination of the desire to fit into society and the need for love. But they’re walking on thin ice, and despite all his efforts, his love becomes all-consuming and neither Nej nor reality can yield to his desires.

États de service was filmed in the cancer ward of Laennec Hospital between October 1998 and February 2000.