“The Nephew” is a film about the complexity and the cruelty of the adult world. As we grow up we are irremediably pulled out of our innocence through different rites of passage. I wanted to tell the story of a one night encounter that is grounded in its time, but still resonates with the reality of present days: the need to constantly re-assert the domination of manhood, the full-fledged reign of phallocracy in a profoundly hierarchical society. As we discover the character of Céline – the prostitute who has been “booked” for him – the film opens a new perspective to underline the fate of those at the bottom, whose hopes and dreams have long been crushed by structural injustices, that we too often take for granted.