Laurence

At a time when she’s questioning her romantic life, love, and commitment, Laurence finds her mother’s wedding dress in her parents’ cellar. She decides to try on the garment, worn only once, stained and threadbare, but heavy with promises, expectations, and social significance. Since the dress fits her like a glove, she asks Mathieu Drouet to accompany her in confronting its lace with the trials and tribulations of everyday life - in a supermarket parking lot, in a libertine sauna, or in her parents’ house on the eve of their move. The images were taken in and around Lille – where Laurence works in tourism and art – and question how education shapes childhood dreams and what place marriage holds in society and in families. What remains of it after 10, 15, 30, or 60 years? Is it as dusty as the dress, with its musty smell?