Fanny, a naive teenager, starts her journey to adulthood when Cécile, a mysterious refugee, is taken in by her charitable family. As the two girls develop an intense and obsessive bond, Fanny becomes captivated by Cécile’s way of navigating life, leading to an awakening of desire and jealousy. Gradually, both girls realize that the benevolent world they inhabit is not what it appears.
Direction
Virgo weaponizes every glance and loaded silence.
Cinematography
Crumbling estate as character—decay never looked this gorgeous.
Acting
Rice and Johnson: two moths circling the same flame.
Director
Clement Virgo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clement Virgo adapts from a little-known 1947 novel, translating postwar European class anxiety into contemporary racial and colonial dynamics. The original never dared this explicit.
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