SYNOPSIS

L'Éclat du Dahlia is a 4-minute short film that explores the troubled psyche of Jeanne, a female figure both magnetic and devastating. Jeanne is a vengeful dancer evolving in a dreamlike space, haunted by the ghosts of her former lovers, whom she herself led to death. In a revisited Sabbath, living and dead bodies mingle in feverish choreography, somewhere between trance and damnation. Around her, a circle of resurrected dancers represents the imprisonment of souls and the weight of guilt. Jeanne, all seduction and pain, revolves around a man emptied of his substance, until a final gesture: disembowelment, a ritual act sealing their fate. The film blends gothic poetry, mystical symbolism and restrained violence, revealing a universe where femininity becomes a weapon and a curse. At the heart of this infernal spiral is a contortionist figure: a mute reflection of Jeanne, the embodiment of her suffering, inescapable destiny and fragmented consciousness. She guides, observes and mimes the pain Jeanne keeps silent about, like an extension of her soul. Through dance, death and visual metaphor, L'Éclat du Dahlia questions solitude, power, sacrifice and revenge. It's a cruel, sensual and tragic tale that evokes intimate nightmares.

GÉNÉRIQUE

• Director

  Capucine Liger

• Production

  Capucine Liger

• Referent

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• Sales

  Capucine Liger