A sensuous and ethereal story of two young women falling in love for the first time. Young, beautiful Àsia lies in a coma, her mother and boyfriend keeping constant vigil by her side. In flashback we see what led up to her accident, her life studying architecture at university, the somewhat overbearing relationship she has with her mother and her passionless relationship with Nathaniel.
Cinematography
Swimming pool scenes that'll ruin all other movie pools for you.
Acting
Cabrol's Eloïse burns with restrained desperation.
Direction
Garay weaponizes negative space like a sadist.
Director
Jesús Garay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Diana Gómez and Ariadna Cabrol reportedly spent weeks together before filming to build authentic intimacy—visible in their silences.
Released two years before Blue Is the Warmest Colour, Eloïse represents a quieter, less exploitative wave of European lesbian cinema that critics largely ignored.
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