The Day I Disappeared

Content : A silent witness to a sexual assault, Anna becomes invisible. Her body and mind want to forget. But to move forward, she will have to confront this traumatic memory…

Anna’s life revolves around school, failed maths tests, hanging out with friends and messages from Pierre. With him, she feels ready to take things further. But one afternoon, that ordinary routine is shaken. During a break, Anna witnesses something in the school toilets — something she should never have heard.

Silent, hidden, shutting out the cutting voices and the dull thuds, Anna disappears… literally. Once. Twice. Then three times. Until the day one of her classmates stops coming to school.

One girl wishes she could disappear. The other longs to be found. What if everything is connected?

Petit Georges Award, Pithiviers (France).