Beaks

Original title: Beaks

Xavier Demoulin • 22min • 2023

With: Lauréna Thellier, Raphaël Thiéry, Michel Masiero

SAUVAGE CORTO Prize Competition 2025

Synopsis :

In northern France, where cockfighting is still legal, eighteen-year-old Anaïs finds herself facing a mountain of debt following the death of her father, a former fighting cock breeder. She has no choice but to immerse herself in the world of gallodromes and make her father’s last rooster fight.

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Screenings

Sunday 20 April 2025

10:00

Venue : Le Studio des Ursulines

Address : 10 Rue des Ursulines, 75005 Paris

Ticket office link

€9.40: Full price
€7.90: Person with a disability
€7.90: Student (under 26)
€5.40: Youth (under 15)
Free: Festival Pass
Online or at the ticket office: Culture Pass.
At the ticket office: Ciné Chèques.

Press

“A poignant portrayal of the weight of heritage and the difficult choices faced by youth. Lauréna Thellier, as Anaïs, is particularly remarkable with her authentic and moving performance.”
LARSRUBY.COM

Reviews

“I see cockfighting as an outlet for class violence. Cockfights take place in suburban villages, sandwiched between abandoned city centers and industrial areas. On the edge of a peripheral world, these cockfights are themselves on the edge of the law.”
Xavier Demoulin