L'EXPÉRIENCE IMPOSSIBLE
by Carmen Leroi
Théo is passionately in love with Eve, twenty years his senior. When Eve falls gravely ill, Théo is devastated. “I wish I were her age and had met her twenty years earlier”, he says. A strange doctor, whom he has found for Eve’s treatment, takes him at his word and sends him back to 2004, where he is to live in the body of another version of himself…
L’Expérience Impossible is a journey through time that draws from the conventions of fantastic comedy and revisits themes dear to Carmen Leroi: life choices, regrets, fantasies, and chance encounters. With newfound novelistic breadth, this existential comedy explores the dark recesses of the human heart, offering a subtle reflection on time, desire, and love. Blending fantasy and gravity, Carmen’s work delves deeper into the questions raised in No Regrets, while recapturing the vitality of Free Drum Kit. Staying true to her own style, the director places dialogue at the centre of her story: abundant, biting, funny, and always finely crafted, they give shape to the characters and their contradictions. L’Expérience Impossible asserts her roots in arthouse cinema while fully embracing her influence of genre film. It is a modern fable set in an ever-changing Paris, full of life and contrast, that keeps a naturalist touch without ever losing its whimsy.
