On an isolated island, a despairing sheep meets a salesman offering a new life. First Cycle is the opening chapter of an absurdist fantasy.
DIRECTED BY
Mathieu Auvray
RUNNING TIME
12:10 including credits
Suicidal themes and adult language.
PROGRAMME NOTES
The film moves between a bleak, exposed landscape and a much stranger visual promise. Its interest lies in that change of register: a conversation becomes an invitation to a different kind of story. Franck’s weariness keeps the fantasy from floating free of feeling. Presented here as First Cycle, this is a pilot with an open horizon rather than a self-contained feature. Give the opening time to establish its mood.