LA GRADIVA
A class of high school students travels to Pompeii to discover its ghostly ruins. Overcome by a dizzying sensation, they are swept up in desire and anger one by one, until they surrender completely.
Description
A group of French high school students travel to Pompeii on a class trip to discover its ruins and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius in 79 CE. In this ghost town, they are suddenly overcome by an intense sensation and drawn into a dizzying descent. One by one, James, Toni, Suzanne, and their Latin teacher, Mme Mercier, are swept up in desire and anger—until they surrender to them completely.
Marine Atlan’s feature directorial debut LA GRADIVA is an affecting and evocative coming-of-age travel drama, where the force of youth meets a world frozen in time.
Part of the 38th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Director
Marine Atlan
Producer
Inès Daïen Dasi
Writer
Marine Atlan, Anne Brouillet
Cast
Colas Quignard, Suzanne Gerin, Mitia Capellier, Antonia Buresi
Cinematographer
Marine Atlan, Pierre Mazoyer
Editing
Guillaume Lillo