International Competition : Feature films 2017

Milla

Valérie Massadian

2017
France / Portugal
2h06
Fiction
Col.

Milla is in love with Leo and these desolation angels find refuge in an abandoned house. Their precarious little world is challenged by Leo’s job on a trawler.Thus begins a second movement in which Milla's character grows up, transforming to the point of illuminating the film. A portrait of a fighter, a resistance shared by the other women she meets along the way. A galaxy of feminine characters who represent a suffering but supportive group, and the kind of beauty that appears where you’d least expect it: in the light falling on a wall, in the sound of a baby suckling at a breast, and in the kind of complicity that has no need for words. (Laurence Reymond)

Valerie Massadian is a photographer and a filmmaker. Her works concentrates on female characters. Her feature Nana was awarded Best First Film at Locarno Film Festival.
SF :
Ninouche (2011), America (2013), Precious (2014)
FF : Nana (Entrevues 2011)

Cast
Séverine Jonckeere, Luc Chessel, Ethan Jonckeere, Valérie Massadian
Screenplay
Valérie Massadian
Photography
Mel Massadian, Robin Fresson
Sound
Aline Huber
Editing
Valérie Massadian
Production
Sophie Erbs (Gaijin), João Matos (Terratreme Films), Tom Dercourt (Cinema Defacto)

CONTACT
Jane Roger (JHR Films)
info@jhrfilms.com

2017 Competition