Gazé

A short film by Ismaël Lakehal

2025

France

Director : Ismaël Lakehal

Cast : Ismaël Lakehal, Mohamed – Iyad Smaïne, Étienne Diallo, Hichem Mesbah

Country of production : France

Genre : Social Thriller

Duration : 14 min

Language French

Subtitles : English, Spanish

Year of production : 2025

Production : Ismaël Lakehal

Logline : After a reckless street-racing accident leaves a young mother in a coma, a guilt-ridden teenager and the victim’s grieving husband are drawn into an inevitable confrontation that blurs the line between justice and vengeance.
urbains et au gaz hilarant pour tromper l’ennui. Jusqu’au jour où l’un d’eux provoque un accident dramatique, plongeant une jeune mère dans le coma. Son mari, dévasté, refuse de laisser la justice suivre son cours et entame une traque obsessionnelle pour retrouver le coupable.

 

Synopsis : In a working-class suburb of Lyon, a group of teenagers seek escape through illegal street races and nitrous oxide, chasing adrenaline to fill the emptiness of their everyday lives. Among them is Zak, nineteen, convinced that speed makes him untouchable—until one split second changes everything.

His motorcycle strikes a young mother, leaving her in a coma. As the police investigation stalls behind a wall of silence, her husband Sofiane refuses to let the culprit disappear. Consumed by grief, he launches his own relentless search, while Zak struggles under the crushing weight of guilt.

Driven by two men trapped in the aftermath of the same tragedy, Gazé is a tense social thriller about youth without direction, the devastating consequences of reckless choices, and the destructive cycle of guilt, grief and revenge.

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