Two sisters, aged 8 and 5 hang out alone at home, in the middle of the countryside. Elsa, the youngest, swallows three grains of coarse salt. Judith announces to her that she’s doomed to a death by desiccation. She only has a few hours to live, when the return of their mother with her ardent and feverish behavior, turns the family destiny upside down.

Director's Bio:

Born in 1985 in the North of France, Ingrid Chikhaoui grows up between endive fields and savage oyster rocks in the French department of Loire Atlantique. First, she studies plastic arts and photography before working in the music industry. Then she goes back to classes, studying cinema in directing department at ENSAV (Toulouse) and at School of visual arts (New York). She directed several short movies, as well as dance and circus videos. While working as an assistant director and casting director, she gets involved in the Pays de la Loire cinema & audiovisual department at the Plateforme office where she takes part in leading case studies, scenario feedbacks and technical-reading working groups. She recently received aid to design for two TV series projects, works as a director assistant and is currently writing her first feature film at the Atelier Scenario of The Femis school. Her projects deal with the themes of relationship to the body, identity, exile and freedom. She resides in Nantes, filling her days up with writing, bakery or botanic testings, smart children and a lot of cheese.