Loisey. A "French Rambo": an action short film shot by a native of Baris

One Sunday, in a field somewhere in France, May 2020. Patrick Zen has left his house during the lockdown. Three police officers see him and call out, "You have no business being here." The discussion drags on, and the tension is palpable.

He refuses to comply, he has lost his entire life, his business has collapsed: in short, he does not intend to give in. So, when the police approach, he manages to overpower them and flees.

It's the beginning of a manhunt. And of a major police blunder.

This story is the fiction imagined by Boris Boiteux. Originally from Barcelonnette, this man from Barcelonnette has had cinema in his blood for over 40 years. From his first short films in 1987 to this new project, he is brimming with ideas and ambitions.

Inspired by action films and heroes like Rambo , Jean-Paul Belmondo in The Professional , and Jason Statham, the director drew inspiration from various cases involving "overzealous police officers" and the Covid period. "It was a really unusual time, when law enforcement was more severe and virulent. I found the methods abusive," he explains.

But, beyond these facts that he denounces, Boris Boiteux above all wanted to make a real action film.

Cast in the lead role, he worked on his short film project from A to Z: script, dialogue, framing, choreography of the fight scenes, sets, editing...

Three months of work were required in advance, particularly for the fights. "We worked a lot with the actors who play the police officers," two of whom are full-contact and k -rav-maga enthusiasts and licensed members of the Karaté Club de Bar-le-Duc (KCB).

Filming of the short film took place this Sunday, June 22. Editing and special effects are now underway, ahead of a release by the end of the summer.