 From his early work, "74km avec elle" (8 min, France, 35mm color) and "Jan" (21 min, France, HDcam color) author/director François Rotger explores the themes of deception and betrayal within the family circle, often leading to sudden and extreme violence.Rotger's first short film, made in 2001, was "74km avec elle" (8 min, 35mm color) featuring Bambou (Caroline von Paulus) as the main character, a desenchanted wife sleeping with a man she's met on the road just to find her husband's car wrecked in a terrible car accident.In 2003, his second short film, "Jan" (22 min, Hdcam, color), with the French actor Jeannick Gravelines, was produced in France by Tom Dercourt.