Young French Cinema 2024: Little Girl Blue (2024)
Director: Mona Achache Run Time: 95 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2023
Starring: Marion Cotillard
Country: France
Language: French
Young French Cinema 2024
Discover a new generation of directors, presented at the Film Center from Sept 6 – 12, 2024.
About the film:
Official Selection, 2023 Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection, 2023 Telluride Film Festival
Official Selection, 2023 BFI London Film Festival
After her mother’s death, Mona Achache discovers thousands of photos, letters, and recordings, but these buried secrets make her disappearance even more of an enigma. Through the power of filmmaking and the beauty of incarnation, she brings her mother back to life to retrace her journey and find out who she really was.
“Achache blurs the line between truth and fiction, producing a work as fittingly unsettling and unforgettable as her mother’s own story.”
About the filmmaker:
Mona Achache is a French-Moroccan actress, director, and screenwriter. She studied literature and theatre before working as an assistant director and scriptwriter on various fiction and documentary films. She made a name for herself through various short films and documentaries before directing her first feature film in 2009, Le Hérisson (The Hedgehog), alongside Josiane Balasko. Her newest film Little Girl Blue (2023) blends the genres of documentary and fiction. She is a member of the 50/50 collective, an organization promoting gender equality in the film industry.
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