Director's statement

With "Theo and the Metamorphoses", I wanted to immerse the viewer in a sensory experience rather than a conventional narrative. The film follows a young man with Down syndrome who lives alone in the forest, and I chose to blur the line between fiction and documentary to honor his presence without reducing him to a social “subject.” Nature in the film is not just a backdrop—it is a living space of transformation. Theo’s gestures, silences, and rhythms create their own cinematic language. By stripping away plot and dialogue, I hoped to invite the audience into a form of intimate attention, where metamorphosis is not dramatic but organic. **The film ultimately suggests** that transformation is a quiet, inner process, and that cinema can become a space of shared vulnerability rather than spectacle.