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LA GRADIVA, the debut feature film by French director Marine Atlan is released in French theaters on October 21. After winning the Ami Paris Grand Prize at the 65th Semaine de la Critique, the film has gone on to be selected for numerous international film festivals. Starring Colas Quignard, Suzanne Gerin, Mitia Capellier and Antonia Buresi.
LA GRADIVA is produced by LES FILMS DU POISSON, co-produced by BIBI FILMS, MK2 handling the international sales and Tandem the distribution.
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Synopsis
A group of French high-school students travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius. There, they are drawn into a dizzying descent. One by one, they are swept up in desire and anger, until they surrender to them completely.
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"When I went to Pompeii, I felt the poetic potency of this place, which maintains a very concrete relation with death – something that obviously and paradoxically produces a powerful sense of vitality. It’s not just Pompeii; it’s Southern Italy as a whole, a festive, family-oriented region with its connection to rites and beliefs."
Read the full Marine Atlan's interview, by Marilou Duponchel
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Interview with Colas Quignard, Suzanne Gerin, Mitia Capellier & Antonia Buresi
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LA GRADIVA presentation at Cannes with the film crew