Overview
- Comète opened in French cinemas on Wednesday, July 15, playing via Dulac Distribution and receiving early praise for turning small means into a rich multi‑character portrait.
- Élie Wajeman developed the project through Cinemasterclass workshops and staged it as a deliberately improvisational, low‑budget experiment reportedly not to exceed €100,000.
- The film weaves roughly 10–18 linked stories around a theatre troupe, featuring performers including Vincent Macaigne, Sandor Funtek, Alexia Chardard, Lou Lampros, Anne‑Lise Heimburger and Samuel Achache.
- Chekhovian material and rehearsal scenes anchor the drama, which foregrounds themes of loneliness, social struggle and the everyday precarity faced by theatre workers in north‑east, working‑class Paris.
- Produced by Keep the Peach Prod and WY Productions, Comète functions as an interlude in Wajeman’s career ahead of Le joueur, which is currently in post‑production and expected to follow this creative experiment.