Le chignon d'Olga

Jérôme Bonnell : 2002
Olga's Chignon

Julien and his sister Emma lost their mother nearly a year ago. They're still living in Beauce with their father, Gilles, in the house where they were born. The emptiness left by death is painful to bear, yet they can't manage to speak openly about it with each other. Each deals with the shared tragedy in a very different way in order to find a new balance in their life. The younger son, still a child, is confused and uncertain; the working daughter takes some of the responsibilities of her mother, whilst coping with her own problems growing up; and the widowed father, adrift and tormented by memories, is looking for new relationships. The small town, emptied of its inhabitants who have gone on vacation, seems abandoned. As the summer draws to a close, Julien aimlessly wanders the streets until one day he encounters Olga, a beautiful young woman who works in a bookshop. Secretly, without confiding even in his close childhood friend Alice, he tries everything he can to get closer to the object of his affection.