Hautefaye

In a small rural town, a tense summer festivity collides with simmering gossip and long-held grudges. When a single accusation spirals into a crowd-driven frenzy, fear, pride, and collective ignorance drive neighbors to confrontations that push trust to its breaking point. Amidst the heat and dust, a web of complicity unfolds as ordinary people become swept up in a dangerous mob mentality, revealing how quickly fear can morph into violence. The film tracks the aftermath through intimate, character-driven moments, exposing the fragility of communities and the lasting scars left by a moment of collective hysteria.