Flesh & Fuel

  • Pierre Le Gall
  • Fiction
  • 2025
  • France
  • 1h30
  • Alexis Manenti
  • Julian Świezewski
  • Armindo Alves De Sa

Étienne is a lorry driver. Fastened to the road, his love life is reduced to fleeting, nameless encounters in parking lots. When he meets Bartosz, a Polish lorry driver, his loneliness is turned upside down.

Screenplay
  • Pierre Le Gall
  • Camille Perton
  • Martin Drouot
Photography
  • Antoine Cormier
Sound
  • Cédric Berger
  • Renaud Bajeux
  • Xavier Thieulin
Set design
  • Anne-Sophie Delseries
Costumes
  • Caroline Spieth
Editing
  • Xavier Sirven
Original score
  • Paul Sabin
Production
  • Ex Nihilo
  • Nicolas Blanc
Coproduction
  • Lumisenta Films Foundation (Patryk Sielecki
  • Adrianna Rędzia)
Partners
  • COSMOTONE
  • DEPAEUW
  • EWE
    CINÉ+ OCS
  • du CNC
  • PICTANOVO avec le soutien de la RÉGION HAUTS-DE-France
  • STRASBOURG EUROMÉTROPOLE en partenariat avec le CNC
  • LA PROCIREP-ANGOA
    INDEFILMS 13
  • CINECAP 8
  • CINEAXE 6
Distribution PAN DISTRIBUTION
Theatrical release 02/12/2026
International seller Pyramide Films
Awards Queer Palm Revelation 2026
Youth Jury Price, Cabourg Film Festival
Golden Eye for Best Feature Film at Zurich FF
Bayard Award for First Film & Bayard Award for Best actors (Alexis Manenti and Julian Swiezewski) at Namur FIFF
Best Actor, Critics and Student Jury Price, Festival de Valenciennes
QFFM Award, München Queer FF
Best Film, Pittsburg LGBTQ+ FF
Festivals Semaine de la Critique 2026

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