Synopse
In an impressive debut feature, Emmanuelle Nicot examines the effects of abuse with great sensitivity and emotional power. Dalva lives alone with her father. One evening, the police raid their flat, arrest her father and transfer the 12-year old girl to a young people’s home. When Dalva makes friends with housemate Samia and social worker Jayden, she begins to grasp what she has been through. Gradually, the girl tries to find a way to discover her inner child and at the same time start a self-determined life.
Regie
EMMANUELLE NICOT (*1985 in France) left the Institut des Arts de Diffusion in Belgium in 2012 and has since then realized several short films which have been shown at 60 film festivals worldwide. Dalva is her first feature film and was shown in the section Semaine de la Critique at Cannes.
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Info
Original Title: Love According to Dalva
Category: -
Section: Voilà!
Version & Subtitles: French OV with German subtitles
Director: Emmanuelle Nicot
Cast/Protagonists: Zelda Samson, Alexis Manenti, Fanta Guirassy, Marie Denarnaud, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Maïa Sandoz, Sandrine Blancke, Charlie Drach, Roman Coustère-Hachez
Production country: Belgium, France
Year of Production: 2022
Length: 83 min
Producer: Julie Esparbes, Delphine Schmit
Production company: Héliotronic, Tripode Productions
Sound: Fabrice Osinski, Valérie Ledocte, Aline Gavroy
Casting: Stéphanie Doncker, Emmanuelle Nicot
co-production company: Arte
World Sales: MK2 Films
Distributor: Isis Bottger, A2B Entertainment
