A Balcony in Limoges

A Balcony in Limoges (2026)



Un balcon à Limoges

6.5 2026 71 min France

Director: Jérôme Reybaud

Cast: Anne-Lise Heimburger, Fabienne Babe, Patrice Gallet, Émilien Tessier, Antonin Battendier

Comedy Drama Thriller
A woman in her fifties named Gladys drifts through life on society's margins—no home, no health card, no bank account. She finds nothing worth caring about, not even sex, drinking, or the wild, joyful dancing that once consumed her. One morning, a chance encounter with Eugénie, a former high school friend, changes everything. Despite Gladys’s resistance, Eugénie is determined to pull her back from the edge.

More About This Film

A Balcony in Limoges centers on Gladys, a woman living on the margins of society who has little interest in conventional stability and finds freedom in dancing. A chance reunion with Eugénie, an old acquaintance who wants to help her, places the two women in an uneasy relationship.

Jérôme Reybaud presents the story as an unusual French drama with blackly comic and unsettling elements. Fabienne Babe and Anne-Lise Heimburger drive the film, while its restrained visual style allows the tension between the characters to develop gradually rather than through conventional melodrama.

  • The original French title is Un balcon à Limoges.
  • Directed and written by Jérôme Reybaud.
  • The film was presented at the 2025 Locarno Film Festival.
  • Cinematography was credited to Nicolas Contant.
  • The film is produced by Barberousse Films.

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