The Bearded Mermaid

One night, Erwan, a fisherman, enters “The Bearded Mermaid”, a cabaret where drag queens are putting on a spectacular show. He steps into a world of laughter, glitter and love that he totally embraces, opening up to these characters as joyful as they are morose.

Nicolas Bellenchombre began his cinematographic career as an intern, working with the art direction, the production management and the photography. In 2007, he directs his first short film Délivre-moi; then, in 2020, his first feature film Cowboy Camembert, co-directed by Cédric Tanguy. Alongside, he founded two festivals in Normandy and since 2020 manages the Cabaret “The Bearded Mermaid”, which is the starting point of his second feature directed in 2023.

After studying music in conservatory then at University, Arthur Delamotte founds the collective “Les Maan” with Maxence Labreux, where he directs musical videos for Noman artists. “The Bearded Mermaid”, co-directed by Nicolas Bellenchombre, is his first fiction film of which he is also the director of photography and editor.