Filmed in July 2017 in the Périgord Noir, on the land of the writer and visual artist François Augiéras, Hunter Nights is a tribute to poets and alchemists of the secret.

The writing of the film in 2016, in situ, was nourished by rivers, forests, and the lives of hermits and their books, “Rose Turningham” written simultaneously by Pierre Pascual, but also the work of Augiéras, notably “La Chasse Fantastique” (Fantastic Hunting) written jointly with Paul Placet, his lifelong accomplice.

The letters exchanged between Pierre Pascual and Paul Placet in 2015 and 2016 were decisive in the choice to incorporate voice-overs taken from “La Chasse Fantastique”. Paul Placet read the entirety for the film then lent the team some personal effects belonging to his famous friend.

For her part, Béatrice Arnac, another poetess from Périgord Noir, recorded the voice-overs from 'Rose Turningham'.

Béatrice Arnac left us in 2020. Paul Placet left us in 2023. Their voices still resonate..

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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