A summer that never ends, a father who won't explain, and a daughter who knows something's wrong.
Paula is 11. She is bored at school and has only one friend : Achille. Her father gives her a surprise : they will spend next summer in the house of her dreams by a lake. But time flies, autumn is coming, and they still don't come back.
Acting
Aline Helan-Boudon's stillness carries entire scenes.
Direction
Ottobah weaponizes off-screen space masterfully.
Director
Angela Ottobah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ottobah films summer's end like horror—golden light becomes threatening, the lake's beauty oppressive. It's grief cinema disguised as coming-of-age.
Océan, who plays the dog Bill, was a local shelter rescue with no training—his unscripted stillness opposite Helan-Boudon became the film's emotional anchor.
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