{"id":24046,"date":"2025-09-22T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=24046"},"modified":"2025-10-02T06:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T06:16:19","slug":"drifting-laurent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/drifting-laurent\/","title":{"rendered":"DRIFTING LAURENT\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DRIFTING LAURENT<\/h1>\n

(Laurent dans le vent)<\/h2>\n

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TRUFFAUT THEATER<\/p>\n

Drama, Comedy<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/mk_content_box][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_custom_box corner_radius=”15″ bg_color=”#dbcce2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1758566369747{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

FRIDAY OCTOBER 31<\/strong>
\n1:00 pm (Screening ends at 2:50 pm)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/mk_custom_box][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/order-tickets.jpg” image_size=”full” link=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.eventive.org\/schedule\/68d7a1801fbb82f08d7250de” target=”_blank” align=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_content_box heading=”PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH:”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1758863810674{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Wolfe Video
\nBest Friends Forever<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/mk_content_box][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”2″ css=”” accent_color=”#ea1300″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1758755458961{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]North American Premiere <\/span><\/strong>|\u00a0France |\u00a02025\u00a0| Drama, Comedy |\u00a0110\u00a0min\u00a0|\u00a0In French with English subtitles
\nDirected by: <\/strong>Anton Balekdjian,\u00a0L\u00e9o Couture,\u00a0Matt\u00e9o Eustachon
\nWritten by: <\/strong>Anton Balekdjian,\u00a0L\u00e9o Couture,\u00a0Matt\u00e9o Eustachon
\nProduced by: <\/strong>Antoine Salom\u00e9 & Jos\u00e9phine Mourlaque (Mabel Films), Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes Cin\u00e9ma,\u00a0Arte France Cin\u00e9ma
\nCinematography:\u00a0<\/strong>Matt\u00e9o Eustachon
\nOriginal Score: <\/strong>L\u00e9o Couture
\nFilm Editing:<\/strong> Fran\u00e7ois Quiquer\u00e9
\nCast: <\/strong>Baptiste Perusat (Laurent),\u00a0B\u00e9atrice Dalle (Sophia),\u00a0Djanis Bouzyani, Thomas Daloz, Monique Crespin, Suzanne de Baecque, Ira Verbitskaya
\nInternational Sales: <\/strong>Best Friends Forever
\nUS Distributor:<\/strong> Wolfe Video
\nUS Release Date:<\/strong> TBA<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We first meet Laurent, our affable itinerant protagonist, literally floating on air, his feet dangling over an Alpine landscape. Still a bit lost at 29, he takes refuge at a deserted ski resort off-season, ambling through his vagabond existence with all the creature comforts and embracing other lonely souls along the way. Then the ski season arrives, his cushy set-up evaporates, and he must confront what it means to be homeless and living on the dole. Yet his heart is compassionate and generous, and his spirit open, allowing those beguiling wanderings to guide and enlighten that carefree, seemingly-circuitous path.<\/p>\n

Directors’ biographies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anton Balekdjian<\/strong>, L\u00e9o Couture<\/strong>, and Matt\u00e9o Eustachon<\/strong> met as film students at the Cin\u00e9fabrique film school in Lyon. Graduating in 2020, with screenwriting, sound, and cinematography majors, respectively, they have been collaborating ever since. They pooled their talents on the 2021 short The Ugly Ducklings<\/em>, which Balekdjian cowrote and directed, Couture sound designed, and Eustachon shot. Then they cowrote and co-directed Mourir \u00e0 Ibiza (Un film en trois \u00e9t\u00e9s)<\/em> (2022) a collection of three short films shot over the course of three consecutive summers, which won the Prix Premier special mention at the Marseille Film Festival. Drifting Laurent<\/em><\/strong> premiered in the ACID section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/screenshot-2025-09-28-at-10.00.31.png” image_size=”full” link=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/win-a-trip-to-paris\/” target=”_blank” align=”center”][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/driftinglaurent.jpg” image_size=”full” frame_style=”gray_border” align=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1757547231314{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] DRIFTING LAURENT (Laurent dans le vent)   [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” css=”” accent_color=”#660084″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_content_box heading=”CINEMA COMPETITION – NEW HORIZONS & NEXT WAVE SPOTLIGHT”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1758566230420{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] TRUFFAUT THEATER Drama, Comedy [\/vc_column_text][\/mk_content_box][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_custom_box corner_radius=”15″ bg_color=”#dbcce2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1758566369747{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] FRIDAY OCTOBER 31 1:00 pm (Screening ends at 2:50 pm) [\/vc_column_text][\/mk_custom_box][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/order-tickets.jpg” image_size=”full” link=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.eventive.org\/schedule\/68d7a1801fbb82f08d7250de” target=”_blank” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24046","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24046"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24849,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24046\/revisions\/24849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}