Mastema: Camille Razat in the horror film Emily in Antipodes in Paris

French director Didier D. Darwin’s first feature film (made in 2008 with the TV movie Conte de la frustration avec Akhenaton and the musical documentary Marseille Capitale Rap – D’IAM à JUL 2020), Mastemah is a terrifying thriller to follow. Louisa, a young psychiatrist trying to recover from the tragic death of a loved one during a hypnosis session she hosted.

The young woman then settles in a small village in Obrak. But the arrival of a new patient with strange behavior will throw him into a downward spiral. His and others’ lives will turn into a real hell.

Forbidden for children under 12, this film is directed by Kamil RazatAppearance of the Netflix series Emily in Paris, Olivier Bartlemy Dylan Robert and Fedor Atkin.

Mastemah, which in Hebrew means “enmity, enmity who refuses to be what he is,” was filmed in Aubrac. The region is a character in the film itself.

For the director,Aubrac can make you think of the Mongolian steppes, the swamps of Scotland or Ireland. Very few regions have changed in so few centuries, time changes nothing, and it is thanks to these unchanging landscapes that the film is purposefully temporary.ᲛᲔ. “

He adds to the movie press kit, “The region that is the character is also very cinematic, with the west side, like the great plains of the west where the dramas are tied, moving from the dark forests to the dryness of the moon to the dryness of the high plateaus strewn with granite blocks dumped there. By accident. “

The film plays to the end on the border between psychiatry and mysticism. Didier d. Darwin wanted to cast doubt. He explains “To avoid simple effects, I wanted to offer you the idea that this house is inhabited just like the region. There are places where a person has a feeling that the stone and the atmosphere are charged with energies. (…)

The house is blamed for Louise’s presence. So, without any exaggerated special effects, I wanted to convey the energies that inhabit this house and come from Louise – through sounds, organic phenomena, moving shadows.You. “

Involved actors

Olivier Bartlemy And Kamil Razati Holds a film of this French genre.

Olivier Bartlemy, who plays Theo, came to the project very quickly. The film director explains:Our meeting with Olivier was mutually obvious. He fought with us for two years to implement the project and became an indispensable partner in the film. We had time to create the contours of the character and with it everything was fluid. He is a really great actor.. “

On the other hand, it was harder to find a translator for Louise, and eventually Olivier Bartlemy persuaded Camille Razat to play alongside her. If the latter had never been filmed together in front of the camera, the two actors already knew each other.

Didier d. Darwin explains:As would be lucky, Olivier was a friend of photographer Etienne Barrett, a companion of Camille Razat. Two months after the filming, when we still could not find the lead role for the woman, Olivier read the script to Camille, liked the text and the theme, and immediately agreed to the role of Lewis.. “

Role with Emily Antipodes in Paris

Louise’s character is a tormented woman, in complete mourning, who decides to isolate herself and start from scratch, far from everything. The character shines in the French antipodes he plays in the TV series Emily in Paris.

The director says about him:He is also an excellent professional, a true war machine. (…) He agreed to play a role with the antipodes in which he threw his head and soul body and soul to the brink of rupture.

It was smart, strategic and daring in his young career. (…) It was a long and arduous journey for him, as he was indeed going through this slow descent into hell, but his demands and investment served the film.“

The actress will resume the role of Camille in Emily’s third season in Paris, whose filming began in early June.