Le rituel de Fontainebleau (2000)

The film unfolds like a funeral ritual, exploring themes of the underworld. Set against a backdrop of devastation – including trees uprooted by the 1999 winter storm in Fontainebleau – a distinguished priest in a black tuxedo leads the ceremony. The film references the cycle of death, with a young woman retrieving a body evoking Caravaggio's paintings. The ritual involves cleansing and elaborate jewelry, culminating in a golden path leading to a mirror where a miracle of resurrection occurs.