A Second Life
During the Olympic Games in Paris, Elisabeth, who suffers from a hearing loss and depression, is responsible for managing apartments for short-time rental. She decides to remove her hearing aids, to escape the city chaos. Her everyday routine is about to change drastically, when she meets Eliah, a free spirited man from California. Amidst the turmoil of the games’ opening ceremony, Elisabeth finds something truly rare - a thread of understanding.
- Directed by: Laurent Slama
- Screenplay: Laurent Slama, Thomas Keumurian
- Photography: Laurent Slama
- Music: Jean-Charles Bastion
- Editing: Souliman Schelfout
- Cast: Agathe Rousselle, Alex Lawther, Suzy Bemba, Jonas Bachan
A film director and screenwriter from France. He is involved in independent cinema and contemporary forms of audio-visual narration. He creates short films and experimental film projects that combine contemplation on everyday life and human relations, and observations of city space. His film work focuses on subtle stories set in contemporary France. His films are minimalistic in form and realistic in attitude.
