THE MIRROR MAN

"Sale of state property due to vacant succession. Outbuilding of a house of master, early 19th century. Starting price: 15,000 euros". That's all Elise needs, forty-something city dweller, workoholic, newly single mother, who this lapidary announcement, to take the plunge. It's decided, she's leaving everything, the capital and his job as an executive to settle with his son, Antoine, in the campaign. On site, she becomes disillusioned: she has to get rid of all her belongings the deceased former owner who stands as an obstacle between his new life and her. She calls for reinforcements from her parents, Philippe and Rachel, young retired. Everyone gets to work and, through the objects they empty parts, the portrait of the former owner takes shape. At first, he is uncomfortable With this intrusion into the privacy of the stranger, the family members gradually give way to curiosity and fantasy... If we are to believe this love correspondence, he was a womanizer, according to Elise. Rather a accomplished painter for Rachel, who missed her artistic calling. A traveler free, for Philippe. An adventurer, a wild animal hunter, for little Antoine... Quickly, everyone projects a little of themselves into this man and into what they imagine themselves to have been his life. But who is he really, if not the mirror of their soul? Will this life, which is not theirs, allow them to overcome their pains, and meet their desires?