ENDLESS SUMMER SYNDROME Interview: Kaveh Daneshmand, Gem Deger, and Sophie Colon Talk Creative Collaboration, Cinephilic Filmmaking, and National Morality [Video]

A middle-class French family enjoy the last days of summer at home together by the pool.

Lawyer Delphine (newcomer Sophie Colon) supports her husband Antoine (Matheo Capelli) and their two adopted children, Adia (Frédérika Milano) and Aslan (Gem Deger, who co-conceptualized the story), who is preparing to leave to study in New York. Then the phone rings. A colleague of Antoine’s confides in Delphine that her husband has spoken of having had illicit sexual relations with one of their children. Delphine, and the scene, freezes.

A devilish thriller that delights in challenging your expectations and your sympathies, Endless Summer Syndrome is a unique proposition. With the film released this month by up-and-coming distributor Altered Innocence, I sat down with the team behind the film over Zoom to discuss lockdown creativity, national morality, and embarking on a uniquely familial project without bumpers.

As a result of scheduling and logistics, it’s an interview of two …