Oscar, twenty-five years old, works as an appliance delivery man for a large retailer. The days follow one another: suburban areas that all look alike, truck rides, customers who are more or less friendly, shared music, and overly strong coffee. Then come the evenings spent putting the world to rights, fatigue, and hazy mornings. Around him are Kamel, his dancer colleague, Toutac and Sanders, his childhood friends. Mirroring him is Clément, the model brother, the one who moves forward while Oscar stagnates, engine running but destination unknown.
When Chloé, a face from the past, reappears by chance, a crack opens in the routine and rekindles Oscar’s need to take back control of his life.
Pilote automatique recounts the slow wear and tear of daily life and work, the loyalties that save us, and the stubborn desire to start over. Eliot Ruffel deploys a language that is both oral and poetic, capable of capturing the beauty of ordinary gestures.
