Fantasy

synopsis

Louise is a young woman with a rich imagination who fills her diaries with fragments of thoughts. When a young man named Thomas discovers one of her notebooks, he becomes part of her ghostly world. Together, they find themselves in a dark forest, where light and laughter penetrate only through narrow cracks. This space, shaped by memories and unconscious forces, is both a refuge and a portal to another reality for the young lovers. In her documentary dream, Isabel Pagliai explores the fragile inner universe of the heroine as she processes her deepest fears and desires. Reality and illusion, fantasy and emotion merge into a single hypnotic composition.

“I had a strong desire to hold together two things that might seem contradictory: what happens in the moment, and what belongs to the realm of the uncanny, to the world of dreams.” — Isabel Pagliai

biography

Isabel Pagliai (born 1988) is a French director who studied literature, film, and art history in Paris. In her short films, which have been screened at festivals in Nyon and Rotterdam, she combines fiction with documentary techniques. She won the award for best first film at FIDMarseille for Fantasy.

film details

director:	Isabel Pagliai
cast:	Louise Morel, Thomas Ducasse
producer:	Martin Bertier
script:	Mathias Bouffier, Isabel Pagliai
photography:	Isabel Pagliai
editing:	Mathias Bouffier
sound:	Ugo Donias, Frédéric Hamelin, Simon Apostolou