Filmed in July 2017 in the Périgord Noir, Hunter Nights is a tribute to poets and alchemists of the secret.

The film’s writing process drew inspiration from the rivers, the forests, and the lives of hermit-like artists and their books — specifically the work of François Augiéras, and most notably La Chasse Fantastique. That book was co-authored with Paul Placet—Augiéras’ lifelong confidant  —who agreed to record the entire text for the film and lent the crew personal belongings that had once belonged to his famous friend.

Meanwhile, Béatrice Arnac—another poet of the Périgord Noir—recorded voice-overs drawn from Rose Turningham, a book written and printed by Pierre Pascual for the making of the film. 

Béatrice Arnac passed away in 2020. Paul Placet passed away in 2023.

Their voices still resonate…

In July 2018, filming continued in Paris, with Marie-France Garcia and Jean-Luc Verna invited to a private mansion decorated by Michel Baudrat, a museum of memory filled with photos and works of art, populated by the shadows of creatures invoked by the past, like that of the artist Pierre Molinier.

Filming ended at the end of April 2019 in a location from which Pierre Pascual was inspired to write part of the book "Rose Turningham", Camille Flammarion's famous observatory in Juvisy sur Orge. These days were illuminated by Miss Botero & Gabin Sabatier. The child, the muse and the stars. The book is closed.