After

‘Après’ is a dance film. It came from the desire Juliette Hilaire and I had to speak about the emotions we’ve been experiencing since the beginning of the pandemic. We started thinking about the idea of resilience. Throughout the film, the two women played by Juliette and Ida Viikinkoski (both dancers in the Paris Opera Ballet), try to recover from and overcome a shock. Through their combat, we want to tell a timeless and universal story. No matter what the traumatic event, the amount of energy required is immense and the guarantee of coming out unscathed uncertain.
Baptiste Debraux