Tu feras tomber les rois
Maïté Sonnet
In the vineyards of southwestern France, 13-year-old Sybille enjoys a carefree childhood—until the day her little brother is hospitalized. One summer, with her parents at the little boy’s bedside, she finds herself left to fend for herself. That’s when she meets Margot, with whom she’ll take her first steps into adolescence.
After studying cinema at the Ciné sup’ preparatory class in Nantes, Maïté Sonnet enrolled at the European Conservatory of Audiovisual Writing. In 2019, she directed her first short film, Massacre, which was selected for around thirty festivals, shortlisted for the César Award for Best Short Film and won the Audience Award at Premiers Plans. Her second short film, Des jeunes filles enterrent leur vie, was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight in 2022, screened at around thirty festivals and shortlisted for the César Award for Best Short Film in 2024. She is also a screenwriter and has written a series on witch hunts for France TV, which was broadcast in 2023. Her first feature film, Tu feras tomber les rois, produced by Quartett Production, will be shot in the summer of 2026. Maïté Sonnet is a laureate of the Gan Foundation for Cinema.
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