Arthur Harari’s intimate drama follows David Zimmerman, a reclusive photographer whose life is unsettled when he fixates on a stranger at a party and wakes up in her body. Harari deploys restrained framing, naturalistic performances and a cool, precise visual palette to explore identity, desire and the disquiet of inhabiting another self. Tautly paced and atmospheric, the film balances psychological tension with moments of quiet humanity, inviting reflection rather than giving easy answers.

In French. In the presence of director Arthur Harari.

Óliver Laxe’s Sirāt is a hypnotic cinematic journey propelled by electronic pulses and a magnetic soundtrack by Kangding Ray. The film follows a collective adventure where music becomes an agent of attraction, moving between communal euphoria and moments of existential vertigo. Shot with immersive sound design and a patient, sensory camera, it explores desire, identity and the communal power of rhythm. Intense and meditative, Sirāt blends documentary textures and lyrical abstraction to map emotional intensities without conventional narrative anchors.

Cinéopéras gathers four film evenings curated by artists from the season, each screening chosen in dialogue with the selector’s artistic universe. Curators Kyle Abraham, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Marie-Ève Signeyrole and Philippe Jaroussky present works that trace convergences between music, theatre, choreography and cinematic form. The programme favors striking visual textures, intimate soundscapes and performances that blur stage and screen, inviting a reflective, sensory encounter with film as a living, interpretive art.