2026 / France / Fiction / 48′
Directed by Bertrand Mandico
Synopsis
In a world at war, a love triangle involving three models under the sway of a domineering, creative fashion designer. Tableaux d’une explosion is a collision, a reinterpretation of the Petrushka myth set to Mussorgsky’s music: “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
Biography
Bertrand Mandico has developed a unique, dreamlike visual style that blends formal and non-naturalistic narrative elements. In 2017, he directed Les GarçonsSauvages, his first feature film, which won the Louis-Delluc Prize. This was followed by AfterBlue (Paradis Sale), which won the Grand Prize at the Sitges Film Festival and Fantastic Fest. In 2021, he conceived Conann: A Portrait of a Barbarian through the Ages. This multi-faceted film project will be the subject of a feature film presented at the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Script Bertrand Mandico
Cinematographer Nicolas Eveilleau
Mix Simon Apostolou
Cast Nathalie Richard, Clara Benador, Yuming Hey, Ekaterina Ozhiganova, Christophe Bier, Elina Löwensohn, David Noir
Sets Yann Dury
Production Orphée Films