original title:
La chaleur
directed by:
cast:
Hadrien Hussein, Tristan Richard, Martina La Manna, Noé Houssard, Zakariya Gouram, Cécile Ducrocq, Marguerite Demoustier, Rida Elmanawehly
screenplay:
Stéphane Demoustier, from the eponymous novel by Victor Jestin
cinematography:
editing:
Damien Maestraggi
set design:
Catherine Cosme
costume design:
Camille Rabineau
music:
Pierpaolo Saccomandi
producer:
production:
distribution:
I Wonder Pictures [Italy], Mcf Megacom Film [Albania], Anga Distribution [Belgium], Mcf Megacom Film [Bosnia and Herzegovina], Mcf Megacom Film [Croatia], Memento Distribution [France], Mcf Megacom Film [Montenegro], Anga Distribution [Netherlands], Mcf Megacom Film [North Macedonia], Mcf Megacom Film [Serbia], Mcf Megacom Film [Slovenia], Frenetic Films [Switzerland]
country:
France/Italy
year:
2026
film run:
92'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (01/07/2026)
festivals & awards:
It's the end of summer for seventeen-year-old Marouane, a quiet and reserved teen who has spent two weeks at a seaside campsite with his family. On the eve of departure, a sudden heat wave rolls in. People celebrate, grow restless, tempers flare, and off to the side, a clash between Marouane and another teen spirals into a deadly incident. Consumed by panic, he hides the body and pretends nothing happened. As his final moments at the campsite stretch endlessly, the net slowly closes in on him. Unable to see a way out, and even while he feels a spark with the magnetic Giulia, his thoughts keep drifting to just one thing: going home.