Feature, 2h25, 2026

 

Director: Marine Atlan

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Co-writer: Anne Brouillet

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Starring: Antonia Buresi, Colas Quignard, Mitia Capellier-Audat, Suzanne Gerin

 

Synopsis:​​

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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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Awards & Festivals:

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Grand Prix AMI Semaine de la Critique - Cannes 2026 ; Prix du Jury des Lycéens et Apprentis au Biarritz Film Festival – Nouvelles Vagues, Festival La Rochelle Cinéma (FEMA), Karlovy Vary IFF, Prix du Public au New Horizons IFF, Grand Prix de la Fresh Competition au New Zealand IFF, Bright Horizons Award au Melbourne IFF, Sarajevo IFF, Prix d'Ornano-Valenti au Deauville American FF, Karhupuisto FF, Toronto IFF, Helsinki IFF, Best Director Award au Bangkok IFF, Grand Prix et Prix du Public au Queer Lisboa, Arthouse Cinema Award au Hamburg FF, The Golden Puffin au Reykjavik IFF, New York FF, Best Director Award au Athens IFF, Vancouver FF, Mill Valley FF (CA), Houston Cinema Arts Festival (TX), Rio de Janeiro IFF, Busan IFF, BFI London FF, Bogota IFF, Grand Prix du Meilleur film au Ghent FF, Valdivia IFF, Rome FF, Kinotrip FF, Philadelphia FF (PA), NewFest The NY LGBTQ+ FF (NY), Best Director Award et Best Ensemble Cast au Chicago IFF, Morelia IFF, Viennale, Seminci Valladolid IFF, Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest, Budapest IFF, FIFF Tübingen / Stuttgart, Cologne FF, Geneva FF, Jakarta World Cinema, The American French FF - TAFF (CA), Mannheim-Heidelberg IFF, Zagreb FF, Stockholm IFF, Ljbuljana IFF, Semana del Cine in Lima, Around the World in 14 Films, Tromso IFF, IFFR Rotterdam, Istanbul IFF, Prix du Jury au Santa Fe IFF, Prix du Jury Pass Culture et Prix du Jury Renc'art au Festival de Montreuil, Grand Prix, Prix du meilleur acteur pour Colas Quignard, et Prix de la Presse au Festival de Cassis

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Partners: 

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In coproduction with Arte France Cinéma and Bibi Film TV

With the support of CNC, of Eurimages - Council of Europe, of Canal+, of Fonds de coproduction France-Italie, of Fonds pour les coproductions minoritaires, of Fonds for the development of financing in cinema and TV, of Ciné+OCS

With the collaboration of Regione Campania, of Film Commission Regione Campania

With the support de La Fondation Gan pour le cinéma, of Ciclic-Région Centre-Val-de-Loire in partnership with CNC

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French distribution: Tandem

International sales: mk2 Films