Synopsis

Official Selection: OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Miami 2023, Frameline International Film Festival 2023

In LIE WITH ME (Arrête avec tes mensonges), Olivier Peyon adapts Philippe Besson’s award-winning novel, transporting us through time and emotions. Stéphane Belcourt (Guillaume de Tonquédec), a renowned author, returns to his hometown of Angouleme, where painful memories of his first love, Thomas, resurface. The unexpected encounter with Lucas (Victor Belmondo), Thomas’ son, unravels secrets long kept hidden. As the story unfolds in dual timelines, Stéphane grapples with his past love affair and struggles to reveal the truth to the son of the man he still holds dear.