The two writers seemed predisposed to understand each other from the outset, and that is exactly what happened. When they met at the Fémis school of audiovisual studies (where they were both working on short films), Emmanuel was just leaving the Essec business school and the bubbly world of Coca-Cola, where he had done his placement. As for Sébastien, he had just finished a Master's in contemporary history.
It was their shared passion for American television fantasy series that drew them to embark on a joint project, Derrière le miroir (Behind the Mirror), a series of eight 52-minute episodes. "It’s a format that seems revolutionary to us in France, but it's very common in the United States," explain our two authors. They continue, "It is perfectly adapted to the medium of television, whose specific form of expression lies in very long stories."
The story itself is taken from Peau de Lapin (Rabbit Skin) by Nicolas Kieffer. Somewhere between The Shining, Kingdom Hospital and Twin Peaks, it takes us, with Virgile Godard, into a world that is close to reality, without its limitations and constraints, but with 62 deaths on the credits alongside the same number of alibis, a thousand-and-one intrigues and some crazy situations. "The insane offer interesting narrative potential," Emmanuel and Sébastien agree. "You can never tell whether it's art or just a mess." In this case, it's art, and good art at that. And our two scriptwriters still meet every week to continue the adventure, one forging ahead, the other refining the previous episodes, but each just as creative as the other. In brief, a story of two madmen, and one which is only just beginning.

Achievements since winning the grant
After he had been awarded the grant and obtained his diploma in production from Fémis, Emmanuel Daucé joined Telfrance, where he supervised the writing of Plus Belle la Vie and Lola (10x48’ – France 2). Since then, Emmanuel has been producing TV fiction for TetraMedia, where he has been working on a number of  projects for series including Un village français, the story of a French village under the Occupation, a series of six 52-minute programmes for France 3, written by Frédéric Krivine, Philippe Triboit and Patrick Dewolf (historical consultant: Jean-Pierre Azéma). He is also working on La Commanderie, a series of six 52-minute programmes written by Ludovic Agrall, which takes us to the heart of the 100 years war, and Principauté, a 20x26’ sitcom written by Laurent Chalumeau, again for Canal +, based on the everyday life of a prince's family.
"La Commune", an 8x52' series written by Abdel Raouf Dafri for Canal +, which explores the life of a city before its planned destruction, were broadcasetd for the first time on Canal +, November 26th, 2007. 

Sébastien Mounier is working as a reader for Les films Pelleas, the production company run by Philippe Martin, who was awarded the Producers' Grant in 1990.