Un Certain regard: Lights Out by Fabrice Gobert

Synopsis:

March 1992, in a small town in the suburbs of Paris.

During an alcohol fuelled party, teenagers discover a body hidden in the bushes of a forest. A body that seems lifeless.

Two weeks earlier. Simon, a 16 year-old teenager, has not shown up for class. Blood stains are found in a class-room. Run-away, kidnap, suicide, murder?

A few days later, Laetitia, a student from the same class goes missing without her parents knowing where she has gone. A young girl with no dark background or connection to Simon.

The next day, Jean-Baptiste, a third student, also disappears. Rumors start to spread. The psychosis begins…

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