Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as if everything were normal so as to spend their best summer ever. Ava confronts the problem in her own way. She steals a big black dog that belongs to a young man on the run...
Cinematography
Colors so vivid they hurt—literally the point
Direction
Mysius makes blindness visceral, not tragic
Acting
Abita's feral energy is genuinely unpredictable
Director
Léa Mysius
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mysius uses 35mm film and harsh sunlight to mimic retinal damage—viewers literally experience visual strain alongside Ava.
The 'stolen dog' trope in French cinema (think Varda) gets reclaimed here—Ava doesn't save the dog, she kidnaps it, refusing to be saved herself.
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