30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
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Section: Competition of European First Feature Films

Meteorites (2018) 15

France | 2018 | 85 min.

Sixteen-year-old Nina spends her summers working at a fading amusement park with her friend in rural France, but dreams of a bigger life. When she sees a meteorite crashing through the sky, she knows her life is about to change forever. It does, when she meets her best friend's brother, Morad, and we experience Nina's hopes, dreams, and downfalls with her. Told using Polaroid-sized vignettes, this film's collages are an empathetic portrait of a world characterized by changing identities against an unmoving landscape. An honest and moving character study with a dash of Jurassic-themed surrealism, Meteorites offers something new. Sometimes the best stories can be found in the here and now, but a little bit of fantasy never hurt.

CountryFrance
Year2018
Duration85 min
Rating15
LanguageFrench
SubtitleEnglish, Czech
Directed by Romain Laguna
Screenplay Romain Laguna & Salvatore Lista
Director of Photography Aurélien Marra
Music Gaël Eleon
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Biography

Writer and director from France. He studied production at the La Fémis film school in Paris. His directorial work includes several short films, e.g. Three on Marianne (À trois sur Marianne, 2012), Bye Bye Melancholy (Bye bye melancolie, 2014) and J'mange froid (2015). His feature debut is the drama Meteorites (Les météorites, 2018).

Friendship, Growing Up, Fantasy, Mystery

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