ALZOU

The queer community that once thrived in the Alzou Valley has disappeared. After years of exile, Alzou*—the river’s deity—returns. As they move through the dense forest, the environment seems to breathe with them, and the land begins to reveal fragments of the community’s memory. Through a ritual act, Alzou seeks to reconnect with the valley’s living forces, attempting to rekindle the bond between nature, spirit, and those who once inhabited this sacred place.

* Alzou takes its name from a river that flows through the Rocamadour valley in southwestern France, a place where, since my childhood, I have been able to observe the coexistence of nature, mysticism, and legends.