LE DIVORCE DE MES MARRANTS

Pitch

In the midst of an existential crisis, Romy, 23, decides to go to her father’s house in Brussels and investigate the reasons for her parents’ divorce.

Synopsis

Romy hasn’t seen her father nor his side of the family since her parents divorced about 10 years ago. She has a very close relationship with her mother and together, they founded the brand « LOL ». In the midst of an existential crisis, Romy decides to visit her father in Brussels and lead an investigation on the reasons behind her parents’ divorce.

However, this investigation into the past will reveal the unspoken. A liberating adventure between the Shoah, family secrets, and a fierce will to live.

Biographies

Romy Trajman

– Director and singer –

Romy was born in Brussels and grew up in France. At 14, she dropped out of school to sing and develop a musical series. Her first music video was « Moi j’te dis Lol« , an internet sensation. At 16, she directed “Lol & les Lolies”, a short film rewarded at the Festival Ptit Clap 2011 (chaired by Arnaud Tsamère). This short film helped her sign the series with Telfrance Group and gave her reasons to move further. She then got admitted to Levallois Conservatory with a ‘Musical’ specialization, before joining Luc Besson’s Film School in Paris. There, she starred in and directed the web-series “The Lolies”, which tells the adventures of a funny « mother and daughter » duet. Later, she wrote a short TV series (‘Backseat Driver’), signed by NRJ12, followed up by work opportunities in Sydney, and in Los Angeles at EuropaCorp. Romy is acting, writing songs and contributes to some script-related activities (For Ruben Amar, Audrey Diwan, Micha Wald). At 23 she directed her first feature, the musical documentary “My parents’ divorce” (2021).

Anaïs Straumann-Lévy

– Co-director –

Thrilled by photography and video, Anais joined Avignon’s Ecole des Beaux-Arts. She pursued her way through Sorbonne University and received a Master ‘s degree in Philosophy. She wrote a thesis on language and history in Benjamin Walter’s work. In 2013, she started film production as a director’s assistant in many films, among them “Bad girls” by Arnaud Khayadjanian (2014 -1,3 million views) and “La Fin” by François Nolla & Hugo Hubert (2015) nominated in many festivals, including Los Angeles. Having a keen interest in documentary films, she joined the company “Films d’Ici” in September 2014 for two consecutive internships, one in distribution and the other one in Production. In 2017, she joined the crew of a feature-film « La Fable du Coq », as a director’s assistant, DOP and editor. She met Romy on her first short film “Bonne Fête Maman”’s set. Their chemistry, combined with their similar family setting has been a strong source of inspiration in order to make this movie. Following this experience, Anaïs created Griotte Films to create biographical videos on request.