Silicon Valley Queer Film Festival

The Extravagant Illnesses

Drama

Country of Origin: France

At 17 years old, Louis is a romantic boy, loving to spend time on a small island lost in the middle of a pond with his lover Thibault. But Thibault has also a relationship with Sophie. So for him to be all his own, Louis casts a love spell on Thibault. When electricity shuts down during a party, Louis believes that it’s the sign his spell worked. But things didn’t turn out the way he hoped for.

WRITER/DIRECTOR

Raphaël DESLANDES

arie.chamouni@gmail.com

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in Beauvais, in the north of France, I integrated the production section of La Fémis in 2008. During 4 years, I learned a lot, made great encounters, produced several short films and directed two. After the school, I worked as a production and post-production coordinator for features films such as “The trial of Viviane Amsalem” by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz and “Atlit” by Shirel Amitai but was still writing and developing ideas on my own. My meeting and collaboration with the producer Arié Chamouni was the turning point. “The Extravagant Illnesses” is my first produced short film.