drama / France, Italy / Color / status : in post-production / French / long feature-film / International collections
Acclaimed cinematographer Marine Atlan makes her feature debut with LA GRADIVA, a hypnotic and authentic portrait of a generation set against the charged landscape of Pompeii.
A class of high school students travels to Pompeii to discover ruins and bodies petrified by Vesuvius. The trip becomes a rare moment when the force of youth meets a world frozen in time. Their desires start to surface with unexpected intensity, leading them toward an irreversible fracture.