8-year-old Vicky has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne. When her estranged aunt Julia suddenly returns to town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel a past replete with family secrets.
Cinematography
Glacial blues and fiery oranges—every frame is a painting.
Direction
Mysius crafts atmosphere so thick you can almost smell it.
Acting
Sally Dramé's silent intensity anchors the supernatural.
Director
Léa Mysius
Adèle Exarchopoulos
Joanne Soler
Sally Dramé
Vicky Soler
Swala Emati
Julia Soler
Moustapha Mbengue
Jimmy Soler
Daphné Patakia
Nadine
Patrick Bouchitey
Le père de Joanne
Hugo Dillon
Jeff
Antonia Buresi
La mère de famille
Noée Abita
La serveuse en rollers
Stéphanie Lhorset
La directrice de l'école
Merwan Rim
Le DJ du karaoké
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mysius uses hyperosmia as a radical narrative device: the queer female body literally becomes the archive history tried to erase.
The film joins a wave of French cinema reclaiming rural spaces as sites of hidden queer histories, alongside Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
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