Archive of films Five Devils / Les cinq diables

France
2021, 96 min

Section: Horizons
Year: 2022

Ten-year-old loner Viky lives with her parents in a small Alpine village. She differs from the other children, who mock her for her wild and bushy hair, not just by her skin color but especially because of her supernatural abilities. When her father’s sister Julia appears in the village after an absence of ten years, Viky uses her powers to slowly unravel dark family secrets... Léa Mysius has given this visually and aurally fascinating genre spectacle an extra existential dimension while capturing on film the small-town mindset.


Synopsis

Ten-year-old loner Viky lives with her parents in a small Alpine village. She differs from the other children — who mock her for her wild and bushy hair — not just by her skin color but especially because of her supernatural abilities: One day, her mother Joanne, a water aerobics instructor at the local pool, discovers that Viky has an exceptionally refined sense of smell thanks to which she can reproduce and retain her favorite scents. When her father’s sister Julia appears in the village after an absence of ten years, Viky’s powers help her to slowly unravel dark family secrets... Léa Mysius has given this visually and aurally fascinating genre spectacle an extra existential dimension while capturing on film the small-town mindset.

Lenka Tyrpáková

About the director

Léa Mysius

Léa Mysius (1989, Bordeaux). Selected filmography: Ava (2017), The Five Devils (Les cinq diables, 2021).

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section: Horizons
   
Director: Léa Mysius
Screenplay: Léa Mysius, Paul Guilhaume
Dir. of Photography: Paul Guilhaume
Music: Florencia Di Concilio
Sound: Yolande Decarsin, Alexis Meynet, Victor Praud
Editor: Marie Loustalot
Producer: Jean-Louis Livi
Production: F comme film
Coproduction: Trois Brigands Productions
Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sally Drame, Swala Emati, Moustapha Mbengue, Daphné Patakia
Sales: Wild Bunch
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