Chasse royale
by Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret , Romane Gueret
Official selection 2016
Official synopsis
Angélique, a lively middle-schooler, is the oldest child of her large family. She lives in the Chasse Royale district, in Valenciennes. One day, she is offered to go to a casting call for a film. With a raw realism, the directors record the booming energy on a youth in a dead-end, but resourceful beyond limits. Through Angélique’s rebellious eye, a certain soothing gradually emerges from chaos.
Biography and Filmography
After studying cinema at the Sorbonne, Romane Gueret took her first steps towards directing as an assistant director, casting assistant and camera operator. For her part, Lise Akoka followed a university course in psychology and trained as an actress (Les Ateliers du Sudden and the Studio-théâtre d'Asnières). Through the practice of casting and coaching children for the cinema, she then discovered how to make her two interests converge. In 2014, Romane and Lise met during the casting of a feature film. In 2015, they co-wrote and directed short film “Chasse Royale”; it won the Illy prize at the Directors' Fortnight in 2016 and was awarded a prize at the FIFIB. The following year, the film was nominated for the César for Best Short Film. In the summer of 2021, their first feature film, “The Worst”, won the Grand Prix Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022.
2022 : THE WORST ONES - Lise Akoka, Romane Guéret - Directors and Screenwriters
2016 : CHASSE ROYALE (SHORT) - Lise Akoka, Romane Guéret - Directors and Screenwriters
by Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret, Romane Gueret
After studying cinema at the Sorbonne, Romane Gueret took her first steps towards directing as an assistant director, casting assistant and camera operator. For her part, Lise Akoka followed a university course in psychology and trained as an actress (Les Ateliers du Sudden and the Studio-théâtre d'Asnières). Through the practice of casting and coaching children for the cinema, she then discovered how to make her two interests converge. In 2014, Romane and Lise met during the casting of a feature film. In 2015, they co-wrote and directed short film “Chasse Royale”; it won the Illy prize at the Directors' Fortnight in 2016 and was awarded a prize at the FIFIB. The following year, the film was nominated for the César for Best Short Film. In the summer of 2021, their first feature film, “The Worst”, won the Grand Prix Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022.
2022 : THE WORST ONES - Lise Akoka, Romane Guéret - Directors and Screenwriters
2016 : CHASSE ROYALE (SHORT) - Lise Akoka, Romane Guéret - Directors and Screenwriters