Quentin Nozet
Writer / Director
France
Quentin Nozet is a french screenwriter/director from Britanny. He grew up in a rural environment between ocean and winds at the end of the world. He studied physics and chemistry for 9 years leading to the defense of his PhD in 2020. He then returned to screenwriting and directing by joining Ecole Kourtrajmé and La Cité Européenne des Scénaristes. His first short was screened in multiple festivals like Brest or Uppsala with several awards. He works in animation on different TV shows as a screenwriter and develops his own personal projects from novels to TV shows. He is currently developing his first feature film. All of his works explore one way or another the themes of grief, growing up, rural environment and depopulation, always focusing on the intimacy of his characters.
Project
Crumbs
Simon (41) -a baker- holds the last shop in a rural and deserted village struggling to make proper bread for everyone. He used to hold this bakery with his sister Catherine (45) but she passed away several weeks ago. Simon is now on his own. All he knows is making bread. And Simon declines : he used to be nicer, the bread used to be more tasty. One day arrives in the village Aïssa (35). She is from Senegal and hopes to join her husband in Ireland when she gets enough money. She asks Simon for work and he accepts for her extra hands. But the village does not see this arrival as a good sign. Especially Fanch (45) the grieving husband of Catherine, owner of half of the bakery. He feels like Simon is trying to replace her… It is the beginning of an endless spiral from which the village is not going to come out unscathed. This is a story of despair and violence. Crumbs is a slow burning thriller taking place in a rural and deserted village struggling with poverty and loneliness.
