AMANDA (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Vincent Lacoste (The French Kissers), Stacy Martin (Vox Lux), Isaure Multrier (film debut), Ophélia Kolb (Those Who Remain), Marianne Basler (A Soldier’s Tale), Jonathan Cohen (Quantum Love), Greta Scacchi (The Falling)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Mikhaël Hers (This Summer Feeling), director, writer; Maud Ameline (Daydreams), writer; Pierre Guyard (Love At First Fight), producer; Anton Sanko (Rabbit Hole), composer; Sébastien Buchmann (Hand in Hand), cinematographer; Marion Monnier (Personal Shopper), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

David (Lacoste) finds his world rocked by the sudden death of his sister, and is left to care for his seven-year-old niece Amanda (Multrier)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A quietly devastating account of grief, French filmmaker Mikhaël Hers’s latest movie shows the power of healing in the wake of tragedy.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD JANUARY 2020

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