LA GRADIVA

A film by Marine Atlan

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.

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