Women in Trouble: Love and Desire in Francophone Cinema
(NR) France – 1 hr 43 min – with subtitles
2022 · d. Léa Mysius
Starring Adèle Exarchopoulos, Swala Emati, Sally Dramé
A strange, solitary 8-year-old with a supernaturally strong sense of smell embarks on a journey of discovery when her estranged aunt’s return from prison unearths old family secrets. Palme D’or-winner Adèle Exarchopoulos stars in this witchy, magical realist fable.
This screening is part of the Women in Trouble French and Francophone Film Festival, presented with Film Studies at Bryn Mawr College and supported by the Albertine Cinematheque, a program of Albertine Foundation & Villa Albertine.
