16/11
Synopsis
19-year-old Liane lives with her mother and sister in Fréjus in the south of France. Absorbed by the desire for beauty and fame, she auditioned for a reality show called “Miracle Island”. Agathe Riedinger’s film does not reproduce romantic clichés. It is wonderfully authentic and, like life, unsweetened. Flawless acting and character development that are difficult not to get attached to. An excellent script that consciously – with a maturity rarely seen among debuts – avoids the beaten paths of drama. The director hints at them and then consistently leads us down a different path. The reality of this film is far from the black and white simplifications to which decades of patriarchal storytelling have accustomed us. Here, the subject is a woman. Beautiful cinema, an incredible debut. 10/10.