Nightmare's Advice
Synopsis
Lucie, a PhD student without a work visa and plagued by insomnia, is trapped in a destructive affair with her thesis advisor while being pursued by a jealous ex. Seeking help from a reclusive shaman on the city’s edge, she meets Béatrice, a young woman as carefree as she is determined to help her.
Festivals
SELECTIONS
Semaine de la Critique de Montréal, Canada, 2026 (World Premiere)
IFFR - Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2026
Directed by: Renaud Després-Larose & Ana Tapia Rousiouk
Written by: Renaud Després-Larose, Marie Eve Loyez & Geneviève Ackerman
Cast: Marie Eve Loyez, Geneviève Ackerman, Frédérik Dufour, Xavier Neszvecsko, Anjela Rousiouk
DOP: Francis Leduc / Renaud Després-Larose
Editing: Renaud Després-Larose
Sound design: Ana Tapia Rousiouk
Sound mix: Ariel Harrod
Set design: Charles-Antoine Turcot
Production: Films Fragiles (Renaud Després-Larose)
Version
Original: French with English subtitles
Format
1,66 / 5.1
H264, ProRes, DCP
Renaud Després-Larose is a Quebecois filmmaker, actor and cinematographer, best known for the feature film The Dream and the Radio (Le Rêve et la radio, 2022). Co-directed with Ana Tapia Rousiouk, the film is a hybrid work blending experimental and political elements, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). He studied philosophy in Montreal and has contributed to Hors Champ, the first French-language online film journal.///Ana Tapia Rousiouk is an Ecuadorian-Ukrainian acousmatic composer, sound designer and filmmaker based in Montreal. In 2014, she directed the medium-length documentary film, Les pratiquants, a study of ritual aspects of practicing a musical instrument, seen through the eyes of music school students. In 2022, she co-directed the feature film Le rêve et la radio with Renaud Després-Larose, which premiered in the Tiger Competition at IFFR (Rotterdam).
