Young French Cinema 2023: Love According to Dalva (Dalva)
Director: Emmanuelle Nicot Run Time: 83 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Alexis Manenti, Fanta Guirassy, Marie Denarnaud, Sandrine Blancke, Zelda Samson
Country: France, Belgium
Language: French
Young French Cinema 2023
Discover a new generation of directors, presented at the Film Center from May 19 – 22, 2023.
See more Young French CinemaAbout the film:
World Premiere at the 2022 Cannes Critics’ Week
Audience Award winner at the 2023 Rotterdam International Film Festival
Dalva, 12, lives alone with her father. One evening, the police storms into their home and takes her into foster care. As Dalva befriends her new roommate Samia and social worker Jayden, she gradually comes to understand the love she shared with her father was not what she thought. With their help, Dalva will learn to become a child again.
