The Bearded Mermaid

a film by Nicolas Bellenchombre and Arthur Delamotte
Feature Film / Fiction  / 2024 / in post-production

Synopsis
Drag queens of The Bearded Mermaid cabaret put on a spectacular show, with singing, circus, dancing, something never seen before in the small town of Dieppe in France. Erwan, a local fisherman, is enchanted. He steps into a world of joy and party; and meets behind the costumes of their characters, troubled people, lonely, too sensitive but ready do to anything to further their project. A portrayal of a small port town inhabited by gloomy everyday lives as well as extraordinary fates.

With Maxime Sartori, Fabrice Morio, Alonso Ojeda, Victor Grillot

Written by Nicolas Bellenchombre & Shimon Urier / Directed by Nicolas Bellenchombre & Arthur Delamotte / 1er assistant réalisateur Shimon Urier / Scripts Alexis Caron, Marie Evrard / Photography Arthur Delamotte, Maxence Labreux / 1st assistant camera Simon Verdier / Sound Guillaume Vallée / Key grip Sylvain Quesmel / Sets – Costumes Cathy Deschamps / Hairdresser Danielle Finot / Original music Antoine Rozé, Pierrick Le Bras & Nicolas Engel / Choreographies Maxime Sartori et Alonso Ojeda / Production manager Christine Pawlak / Editing Arthur Delamotte / Color grading Adrien Von Nagel / Sound editing Hugo Bouillie Poirey / Mixing Mikaël Barre

Produced by Gaëlle Jones, Perspective Films
in coproduction with Les Maan, La Sirène à Barbe & Arcanes
with the support of Sacem
Sales agent: The Open Reel