Back
Section: International Competition of European First Films
Ava (2017)
Thirteen-year-old Ava is on vacation when she learns that she will lose her sight earlier than predicted. Her mother decides to behave as though nothing has changed so they can spend the loveliest summer of their lives by the seaside. Ava, however, deals with the problem in her own way. Exploring her identity, she questions her surroundings and steals a large black dog that belongs to a young man on the run…
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Year | 2017 |
| Duration | 105 min |
| Rating | 16 |
| Language | French |
| Subtitle | English, Czech |
| Directed by | Léa Mysius |
| Screenplay | Léa Mysius |
| Director of Photography | Paul Guilhaume |
| Music | Florencia Di Concilio |
| Edited by | Pierre Deschamps |
| Contact | Bac Films |
Biography
A French screenwriter and director. After studying literature at the Sorbonne, she graduated in screenwriting at the Fémis Film School in Paris. Her short live-acted films The Exquisite Corpse (Cadavre exquis, 2013), Thunderbirds (Les oiseaux-tonnerre, 2014) and co-directed Yellow Island (L'île jaune, 2016) were selected for many festivals. The film Ava (2017) is her feature debut.