Private Project

Moonlancholy

She lives in Paris, is sensitive, romantic and feels lonely and out of place in the world. She hides a secret that few people know, and sometimes, she sings her emotions.

  • Oriane Caulet
    Director
  • Oriane Caulet
    Writer
  • Oriane Caulet
    Producer
  • Oriane Caulet
    Key Cast
  • Loreine Moungnanou
    Key Cast
  • Alexandra Dayoub
    Key Cast
  • Eliott Maxwell
    Key Cast
  • Charlotte Very
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Moonlancolie
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 12, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    English, French
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Cours Florent
Director Biography - Oriane Caulet

Oriane Caulet is French and lives near Paris. She first studied English and obtained a double degree, lived for a year in New Zealand as part of her studies and is bilingual. She then moved on to various assistant positions, passed her pastry CAP, and ended up as an executive assistant in events. But she was not happy. She always dreamed of being an actress and/or singer, but it was only after COVID that she really took the plunge and did a week's training at Cours Florent in Paris. It was both a revelation and a confirmation. She therefore followed the theater course there for 3 years, in French and English. She starred in a few short films and became interested in dubbing. She was also able to explore singing, composition and writing through the recording of 4 original songs during the summer of 2022.
Moonlancholy is her first film.

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Director Statement

To start from yourself. First of all. Of course. Necessarily. Each project is a reflection of the person who creates it.
And then influences too, obviously.
But first of all, the desire to talk about a woman who looks like me, real stories, a fantasy and an imagination that speaks to me, a sensitivity that is mine and that touches me.
Do not (necessarily) end with a happy ending even if the ending suggests the opposite.
A shy and mysterious smile, like the Mona Lisa, to finish.
She doesn't have a first name. She could be anyone. But does she really exist? Is she a face or a phase of the moon, which she seems to admire so much?
Her face looks like it. Its melancholy, its difference too.
She seems from another age, she doesn't like noise, parties or people.
She feels apart, different. Misunderstood. A stranger to the world.
And even more so for the things of love, which she only knows about in films.
This might seem extraordinary, and yet, in our ultra-sexualized world, it happens more and more.
To paint a sensitive woman, but above all he was the impetus for writing this scenario.
Confront this young woman with two of her friends, who symbolize the mother and the whore, in a way. She, who could symbolize the frightened holy virgin. Also confronting her with the injunctions of society, being in a relationship, to solve all problems. Being considered “normal” because it is “abnormal” to stay alone. Is this ultimately what she really wants?
The Green Ray, by Eric Rohmer, which I saw in 2024, deeply moved me.
I recognized myself, situations that I was able to experience myself, and I was surprised to see that a man could paint a sensitive woman so well, but above all he was the impetus for writing this scenario.
Other films jostle in my head as inspirations, Before Sunset/Sunrise by Linklater, the films of Jacques Demy, Ghost World, Moonstruck...