Avant le jour
Directed by Julien Gouri
After trying to tell his parents who he is, Eliott leaves home and wanders through Paris without a clear destination, searching for a place to stay for the night. At Lou’s, he finds a brief moment of respite, a presence, before having to face what he left behind.
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