VIRALE

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Synopsis :

Virale is the Story of Bea who accidentally killed her sister’s boyfriend in a car crash. She now has to face and overcome a destroying guilt and its damages on her mental health.

Director's note :

Far from the idea of making a gore/graphic horror movie, “Virale” is using the codes of the science-fiction or fantasy to tackle themes like guilt and the consequences that a traumatic event can have on someone and especially on someone’s entourage.

I’m extremely attached to the “Virale” project. It would be the fulfillment of my desire to work again as a director with an amazingly creative and talented team.

This project provides also the opportunity to address some themes that are very important to me as a person and to bring together cinematographic influences that have influenced me throughout my life as a movie fan.

Inspirations :

Jacob’s ladder – Adrian Lyne

"Black Swan" de Darren Aronofsky

"Enter the Void" de Gaspar Noé

Eyes without a face - George Franju

David Cronenberg’s movies

I’m also very lucky that Bruno Forzani, the director of Amer (bitter) and The Strange Color Of Your Body’s Tears, is working with us on this project. Giving us advice on the storyline but also on some techniques and bringing his experience - his universe being very influential for Virale.

The Strange Color Of Your Body’s Tears - Bruno Forzani & Hélène Cattet

Team :

Virale’s storyline is also an opportunity for me and my team to overcome some technical challenges. For example, together we’ve produced, with zero budget and in the context of an exercise, the short film “la Galerie” (The Gallery) – available below.

Picture, editing, sound, lighting, special effects… everybody is working together to create a unique and successful identity to this movie.

Every special effect or technical challenge has been tested before the shooting or experimented during other previous short-films.

La Galerie, last Florent Mola’s short-film, created by the Virale’s team.

Technical Team :

Director: Florent Mola

Production manager: Xavier Schonejans

First Assistant Director: Nathan Van Den Berg

Second Assistant Director: Guillaume Imbert

Script: Antoine Gualandi

Set Designer: Ladys Oliveira Silva

Prop man: Lukas Falesse

Studio Manager: Laure De Martelaere

Photo manager: Vincent Degeye

Cameraman: Hervé de la Hamayde

Electro manager: Edouard Chandelle

First Assistant Camera: Clara Datso

Second Assistant Camera: Félix Lepinne

Electrician: Manon Henry

Electrician: Leonor Malamatenios

Scene shifter: Manon Ughi

Sounds-effects engineer: Clément Delsaut

Perchman: Manu Saubain

Editing: Ladys Oliveira Silva

Color Grading: Edouard Chandelle

Mixer: Clément Delsaut

Music : Peas

Casting :

Composed for the most part of actors with whom I already worked (Helena Coppejans as Roxane or Julien Besure as Thomas). We discovered Fanny Dumont, the actress who’s playing Béa, during a surprisingly fascinating play, Débris (fragments).

Béa : Fanny Dumont

Roxane (Béa’s sister): Helena Coppejans

Thomas (Roxane’s boyfriend) : Julien Besure