10/17
Synopsis
Liane, 19, lives with her mother and sister in Fréjus, in the south of France. Consumed by her aspirations for beauty and fame, she auditions for a reality show called “Miracle Island”. Agathe Riedinger’s film does not reproduce romantic clichés. It is wonderfully authentic and, like life, without sugar. Impeccable acting and character development that is hard not to get attached to. An excellent script that consciously avoids – with a maturity rarely seen in the first – the beaten path of drama. The director keeps us guessing and then systematically leads us down another path. The reality of this film is far from the black and white simplifications that decades of patriarchal narrative have accustomed us to. Here, the woman is the subject. Beautiful cinema, incredible debut. 10/10.