La biche écrasée

A late‑summer night finds three friends cruising through the French countryside, their car a gleaming beast humming under the rain‑kissed earth. Their conversation drifts from the fleeting charm of a Breton maid who briefly appears, to the intoxicating scent of wet soil and the thrill of speed that makes them feel weightless. As the landscape blurs into twin walls of trees, the driver pushes the engine toward a hundred kilometres per hour, savoring the fleeting freedom of the open road.

Suddenly the headlights sputter and die, plunging the trio into a deep, almost palpable darkness where every shadow seems alive. Jalin, the driver, wrestles with a failing machine while the others scramble to keep control, their nerves taut as the car lurches over a hidden rise of stones. The encounter forces them to confront the thin line between exhilaration and danger, setting the tone for a journey that will test their camaraderie and their own desires.