Story
The scent of a witch: a transcendental drama about motherhood and suppressed love. Vicky, a strange, lonely girl, has a magical gift: she can reproduce any scent she likes and keeps them in carefully labelled jars. Secretly, she has collected the scent of her mother Joanne (Adèle Exarchopoulos), for whom she feels a wild, excessive love. When her father‘s sister comes into her life, Vicky reproduces her scent and is transported to dark, archaic memories – leading her to discover the secrets of her village, her family and her own existence.
Director
LEA MYSIUS (*1989 in Bordeaux) studied literature at the Sorbonne in Paris and screenplay writing at the La Fémis film school. Her debut feature Ava won several awards.Trailer
Info
Les Cinq Diables
Fiction Feature
French
Voilà!//FF2022
France
2022
94 min
OV with English subtitles
Léa Mysius
Léa Mysius, Paul Guilhaume
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sally Dramé, Swala Emati, Moustapha Mbengue, Daphné Patakia, Patrick Bouchitey
Jean-Louis Livi, Fanny Yvonnet
Paul Guilhaume A.F.C
Yolande Decarsin, Alexis Meynet
Marie Loustalot
Florencia Di Concilio
Esther Mysius
Rachèle Raoult
Judith Chalier
MUBI
Wild Bunch International
Trois Brigands Productions; F Comme Film
MUBI, Patricia Perez: pperez@mubi.com
Tags
LonelinessFamily & RelationshipFrancophoneWomenGenreChildhoodLGBTQMotherFemale DirectorsScience Fiction & Fantasy