La Sincérité

Philosophizing means confronting the truth.

May I?

Go ahead.

Excuse me.

Montaigne says something else.

In reflecting about death, you deepen your life.

Guillaume is my professor.

I love his conferences.

I'm an actress.

I'm a Director!

Looking at you gave me an idea for a story.

- Am I inspiring you? - Yes.

We could shoot it in Ardeche.

I'd love to!

Is it a feature film?

An adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo is a theater director and Juliet is a prostitute.

Everything spirals out of control.

Quite different from the original...

I have friends who are escorts.

Give me an audition?

Would you mind?

Why not?

Great.

- The title? - Sincerity.

All set?

See you.

She is graceful and vulnerable...

What kind of director is Romeo?

He's only thinking of kissing Juliet.

She seemed at ease...

Her grace, her beauty...

Our encounter was giving a meaning to this film.

She turned everything possible. I was watching her exist.

I was looking for a true story.

SEVERAL WEEKS LATER

I'm stuck!

Welcome!

Hey Guillaume.

- Let's drink. - Your student?

Of course!

Guillaume!

Jean!

The train was late.

- The drive was beautiful. - Welcome to our office!

- Beautiful! - Follow me!

Good Evening!

How was the trip?

The train was late, but the drive

2 hours in the car.

I'm making a film.

The participants are distracted.

- They're in character... - No.

A little.

The rhythm is everything.

I could repeat something, but with different rhythm.

- Do you cook? - I'm taking notes.

A clove of garlic.

I'm starving...

Are you putting it on bread?

Like this.

Wake-up call is at 7 AM.

We'll start shooting at 8.

Where?

- The scene... - Which scene?

The arrival.

We're doing again tomorrow?

- Yes. - With lots of lights...

Today was a practice round...

Tomorrow 3 breakfasts...

With morning light...

To Sincerity.

I'm optimistic.

The house is great.

The stars are aligned.

I've prepared an exciting program.

You've succeeded by bringing us together.

Thanks to all of you!

Great to put our routine lives on hold.

SINCERITY

About the agenda

I'll send it over email.

There's no connection here.

No service since I arrived.

I can print it out.

Coffee?

DAY 15 minutes warning!

SINCERITY CANNOT BE IMPROVISED

A big stone house in Cannes.

This place is even better!

Here's your room, if suitable.

I love it!

A nice big desk.

Look at the view.

This is Ardeche.

Magnificent.

Jean can't wait to see you.

Is he stressed out?

By the movie?

- Me? - Everyone's here.

Easy to drive?

Hey Guillaume!

Beautiful!

Welcome to Ardeche!

Here we go.

The road...

I'm alive.

The trip...

What we've been working on...

Coffee?

Welcome to Ardeche.

Perfect.

Is there a river close by?

A small one not far.

And a pool?

Called âthe beach",

like a natural swimming pool.

No coffee? Straight to work?

Go ahead - take your time.

You don't think that this beautiful set

might harm work?

No, it will inspire us.

The set is a character in this story.

Do you hear the birds?

Lots of major chords.

Not too many minors.

At the moment.

Not easy to concentrate on the work.

But good to write.

I was talking about the filming.

What writing?

We're working on a book...

âThe Chemistry of Desire...

- âAlchemy"? - "Chemistry".

Hope to find a sound engineer.

Have you found one?

No sound engineer?

I'm working on it.

If you don't find one?

The important is the music which you have in you...

More important than the technical aspect.

Better to have one...

I can ask someone I know...

Maybe. What's his name?

Jean. Like you.

Has there ever been a film without anything?

Without actors?

There's. We're here.

We're here.

We're the non-actors.

There is a script.

I didn't have time to

print it out, but it's in my head.

That's a start.

In your head.

It's getting printed there.

I don't understand - if this is fictional,

why did you keep your real name?

Do you mean...

Your name is Jean. Like in the movie?

It's an autobiographical fiction,

because our actions don't happen in real life.

As non-actors, we inspire with our real actions.

We kept our names. But it's not us.

I didn't understand anything.

Other questions?

About the songs - have you worked on the lyrics?

The lyrics will come with the flow of the group.

I would never present lyrics to you, like a fruit.

When you don't improvise,

the meaning of your thoughts gets lost in translation.

- Improvised emotions? - Life is improvisation.

You always look for the meaning of your actions.

Yes, improvisation.

All that matters is that I get to sing with Jimmy.

I find amazing,

though I don't understand,

you launch yourselves without a safety net.

There is a quote by the philosopher Alain:

"The secret of action is to start to act".

Let's start!

Tonight we'll start the act of cooking fillet mignon.

From now on we're in character.

There should be friendship between us.

Despite of love conflicts.

If you lose track with another character,

we'll redo it. We'll wrap up at 6 pm.

Have you prepared your outfits?

We'll need to change...

I brought my clothes.

Midnight, the tough scenes that Louise and I have.

Midnight!?

At 2AM...

- Champagne. - Midnight shower!

The dialogue.

How to infuse fiction and reality into our meals?

Alma, what are you reading?

Very philosophical.

- What's your zodiac sign? - Sagittarius.

What does it say?