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A formidable comedy, as wacky as it is dark. A surreal investigation, with nothing less at stake than
discovering where the truth lies in our nightmares. A guaranteed journey through troubled waters,
whether conscious or repressed.

At last, Louise has met the man of her dreams. Intelligent and caring,
Carlos left Spain to practice as a midwife in Paris. There wouldn't
be the slightest shadow over their relationship if it weren't that, at
night, he becomes violently agitated and talks feverishly in his sleep
(in Spanish). In the morning, he claims not to remember anything
about it. What's behind this talk in his sleep? To allay her suspicions,
one night Louise slips a recorder next to his pillow without him
realizing it. Having gathered the stuff of his nightmares, compiled,
translated, and analysed it daily with her friend Jeanne, she's faced
with the disturbing evidence: Carlos is reliving a crime he seems to
be involved in. The clues to the victim, the location, the recriminations
between him and his accomplices are undeniable. Does this
recurrent nightmare about a crime make the dreamer a suspect?
The two women decide to carry out an investigation on the spot,
in Spain. In Marbella, they work their way through the low-life bars
of shady neighbourhoods with a photo of Carlos in hand. But they
don't go unnoticed, and things soon take a menacing turn.

Pascale Dietrich was born in Tours,
France, in 1980. As a sociologist at
Paris' INED, her day job focuses on
marginalised populations and inequality.
In her other life as an author,
she has written several novels
that toy with the thriller, including
Le Homard (In8, 2013), and Une île
bien tranquille (Liana Levi, 2016; Piccolo,
2017). Les Mafieuses (Liana
Levi, 2019, J'ai lu, 2020), winner of
the « Prix des lecteurs » at Quai
du Polar 2020 and French «Roman
Noir» Prize at the 2020 Beaune
crime film festival, created great interest
and is currently being adapted
for the screen.