The story of a young woman who will never fit in but whom the cinema, because it is able to appreciate her extraordinary existence, helps her to find her own special place in the world.

The story of a young woman who will never fit in but whom the cinema, because it is able to appreciate her extraordinary existence, helps her to find her own special place in the world.

The story of a young woman who will never fit in but whom the cinema, because it is able to appreciate her extraordinary existence, helps her to find her own special place in the world.

Claire Doyon met Isabelle Caroline at the 'plan autism' in Paris in 2017. They immediately became friends. In this film, Claire Doyon stages Isabelle in a rose garden and questions her about her autism, her relationship to pain, her hypersensoriality, her love of roses. Claire is looking for answers to try to better understand her daughter, Isabelle lends herself to the game and confides.

Claire Doyon met Isabelle Caroline at the 'plan autism' in Paris in 2017. They immediately became friends. In this film, Claire Doyon stages Isabelle in a rose garden and questions her about her autism, her relationship to pain, her hypersensoriality, her love of roses. Claire is looking for answers to try to better understand her daughter, Isabelle lends herself to the game and confides.

French filmmaker Claire Doyon makes her feature-length writing and directing debut with the drama Les Lionceaux, which translates to "Little Lions," but is given the English language title Sleep Tight. Lisa Lacroix and Marie Felix play two seemingly feral teenage sisters who inhabit a deserted island with their estranged parents. Soon a guy washes up on shore and changes things. Sleep Tight was shown at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

French filmmaker Claire Doyon makes her feature-length writing and directing debut with the drama Les Lionceaux, which translates to "Little Lions," but is given the English language title Sleep Tight. Lisa Lacroix and Marie Felix play two seemingly feral teenage sisters who inhabit a deserted island with their estranged parents. Soon a guy washes up on shore and changes things. Sleep Tight was shown at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

The filmmaker expresses her disagreement with the way her daughter Penelope, who suffers from autism, is cared for. In the image, Penelope herself, her free movements, the landscapes of her daily life.

In a voice-over, Claire Doyon is reading a text by Silvia Federici. The text elaborates on the role of psychology in the preservation of the patriarchal system and of capitalism; it analyses the methods used by psychologists to promote adaptation to social structures rather than their dismantling. The arguments are illustrated on screen, first by shots of assembly lines and menial tasks being performed. But very soon, the shots overpower the words: images of freed bodies, of a young woman. This is Penelope, the director’s daughter, on the autism spectrum, who provides a visual escape from the implacable realities that fill our ears.