Under the oppressive heat of a summer evening, the inhabitants of a
Landes housing estate, not far from Vieux-Boucau, scan the cloud-laden sky.
Eyes up, hands outstretched, the hero, Simon (Alex Lutz, convincing), whispers,
“Again, again… Just a few drops…”
But the rain doesn’t come.
The next day, the three bells of the fire siren sounded.
"It's not an exercise!"
grumbles Joseph (André Dussollier, formidable as a grumpy father, a retired naval officer).
Fire threatens.
We have to evacuate.
"If it happens, we'll probably be back in two hours,"
stings the septuagenarian, who suffers from arthritis.
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In the car, Dussollier picks up in real time, depending on the frequency, the conversations of the firefighters or that of the police.
Father and son are quick to grasp that the inferno of flames is gaining ground...
A race against time
For his third film, after the promising
Fifth Set
, Quentin Reynaud sets out to film a stifling camera in a stationary car...
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