Les cinq diables
The Five Devils
The scent of a witch: a transcendental drama about motherhood and suppressed love. Vicky, a strange, lonely girl, has a magical gift: she can reproduce any scent she likes and keeps them in carefully labelled jars. Secretly, she has collected the scent of her mother Joanne for whom she feels a wild, excessive love. When her father‘s sister comes into her life, Vicky reproduces her scent and is transported to dark, archaic memories – leading her to discover the secrets of her village, her family and her own existence. (Filmfest Hamburg)
Director's Filmography (Selection)
Les cinq diables (The Five Devils, 2022) - Ava (2017) - L'île jaune (The Yellow Island, 2016, short, co-directed with Paul Guilhaume) - Les oiseaux-tonnerre (Thunderbirds, 2014, short) - Cadavre exquis (2013, short)
Les cinq diables (The Five Devils, 2022) - Ava (2017) - L'île jaune (The Yellow Island, 2016, short, co-directed with Paul Guilhaume) - Les oiseaux-tonnerre (Thunderbirds, 2014, short) - Cadavre exquis (2013, short)
European Panorama Fiction 2023
Léa Mysius
France 2022
color
95 minutes
French OV with English subtitles / OV with German subtitles
Screenplay Léa Mysius, Paul Guilhaume
Cinematography Paul Guilhaume
Editing Marie Loustalot
Sound/Sounddesign Yolande Decarsin, Alexis Meynet, Victor Praud
Music Florencia Di Concilio
With Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sally Dramé, Swala Emati, Moustapha Mbengue, Daphné Patakia
Producer(s) Jean-Louis Livi, Fanny Yvonnet
Production
Trois Brigands Productions, F Comme Film
World Sales
Wild Bunch
Austrian Premiere
Austrian Rights
MUBI/Stadtkino
World Premiere
Cannes Film Festival 2022