Amour Ocean Amour Océan
by Héléna Klotz
World Premiere
In Competition 2022
Official synopsis
Jeanne, 17, enjoys the last days of summer before getting back to high school. One morning, with her little sister Camille, they decide to run away from the police station where they live with their father to see the ocean one last time. On the beach, Jeanne meets a young surfer. He’s handsome, she’s intrigued. Jeanne feels a strange desire invading her.
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The programmer’s eye
As light as an ocean breeze, “Amour Ocean” is going to capture your heart, offering a young and carefree look at emerging desire and sisterly bond. Through its characters, the film offers a deconstruction of genres, putting in tension the father’s hyper-masculinity, Jeanne’s uninhibited femininity and the mystery surrounding the character of the surfer. A sweet melancholy settles in as summer comes to an end, and Jeanne gets to discovers herself, her desires and the other’s body.
Hugo Terrier
Biography and Filmography
Héléna Klotz started out at the Théâtre de Chaillot as an Assistant Director and then Sound Designer for Bruno Bayen. In 2003, she directed the medium-length film “Le Léopard ne se déplace jamais sans ses tâches”, selected in Official Competition at Locarno, then the documentary “Les Amants cinéma” (2006) while working on the casting of films by Nicolas Klotz and Katell Quillévéré. Her first feature film, “Atomic Age” (2011) starring Niels Schneider, won several prestigious awards. In 2014, she worked as the Artistic Director for Jacques Audiard’s “Dheepan”, which was awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes. After “Amour Ocean” (2022), her third short film, she has just finished "Spirit of Ecstasy" her last feature film produced by Les Films du Bélier, and programmed in the Platform selection at Toronto.
2023 : SPIRIT OF ECSTASY - Héléna Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2022 : AMOUR OCÉAN (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : BTLM*BETHLEHEM (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2011 : VAL D’OR (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2012 : L’ÂGE ATOMIQUE - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2006 : LES AMANTS CINÉMA - Helena Klotz - Director
2003 : LE LÉOPARD NE SE DÉPLACE JAMAIS SANS SES TACHES (Short) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
Héléna Klotz
Mathilde Dupont Corbrand, Louison Bejaoui, Arnaud Rebotini…
Superstructure
L’Agence du court métrage
Ulysse Klotz, Florian Le Prise
by Héléna Klotz
Héléna Klotz started out at the Théâtre de Chaillot as an Assistant Director and then Sound Designer for Bruno Bayen. In 2003, she directed the medium-length film “Le Léopard ne se déplace jamais sans ses tâches”, selected in Official Competition at Locarno, then the documentary “Les Amants cinéma” (2006) while working on the casting of films by Nicolas Klotz and Katell Quillévéré. Her first feature film, “Atomic Age” (2011) starring Niels Schneider, won several prestigious awards. In 2014, she worked as the Artistic Director for Jacques Audiard’s “Dheepan”, which was awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes. After “Amour Ocean” (2022), her third short film, she has just finished "Spirit of Ecstasy" her last feature film produced by Les Films du Bélier, and programmed in the Platform selection at Toronto.
2023 : SPIRIT OF ECSTASY - Héléna Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2022 : AMOUR OCÉAN (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : BTLM*BETHLEHEM (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2011 : VAL D’OR (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2012 : L’ÂGE ATOMIQUE - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2006 : LES AMANTS CINÉMA - Helena Klotz - Director
2003 : LE LÉOPARD NE SE DÉPLACE JAMAIS SANS SES TACHES (Short) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter