40^ Lovers Film Festival
LOVERS CELEBRATION/GAËL MOREL
VIVRE, MOURIR, RENAÎTRE
TO LIVE, TO DIE, TO LIVE AGAIN
by Gaël Morel
Country: France
Year: 2024
Duration: 109'
Paris, 1990s. Emma is in a relationship with Sammy, with whom she has a child. Their lives take an unexpected detour when they meet their new neighbor, photographer Cyril. Sammy befriends him and, little by little, the attraction between the two inevitably manifests, threatening his bond with Emma. This at first seems a terrible dilemma, but it turns out to be simply one of “life’s passing storms” when compared to death. In fact, looming over them is the threat of AIDS, the only real limit to the different dynamics of affections. Gaël Morel’s return to directing, with which he took part in the last Queer Palm.
Biography
film director

Gaël Morel
Gaël Morel (France, 1972) made his debut with the short film À corps perdu (1992) and then worked, as an actor, with André Téchiné in Wild Reeds (1994). He presented his first feature film, Full Speed (1996), at Cannes. This was followed by Under Another Sky (2002), which won the FIPRESCI Prize in Toronto, Three Dancing Slaves (2004), After Him (2007), Our Paradise (2011) and Family, You Hate Me (2020). With To Live, to Die, to Live Again (2024) he took part in the last Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
& Credits
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay Gaël Morel, Laurette Polmanss
Montaggio/Editing Catherine Schwartz
Fotografia/Photography David Chambille
Scenografia/Production Design Hélène Dubreuil
Suono/Sound Jean Minondo
Interpreti/Cast Victor Belmondo, Lou Lampros, Théo Christine
Produttore/Producer Michèle Pétin, Laurent Pétin
Produzione/Production ARP – A Real Passion
Vendite internazionali/World Sales GOODFELLAS
Montaggio/Editing Catherine Schwartz
Fotografia/Photography David Chambille
Scenografia/Production Design Hélène Dubreuil
Suono/Sound Jean Minondo
Interpreti/Cast Victor Belmondo, Lou Lampros, Théo Christine
Produttore/Producer Michèle Pétin, Laurent Pétin
Produzione/Production ARP – A Real Passion
Vendite internazionali/World Sales GOODFELLAS
