‘La Gradiva’ Director Marine Atlan Is the Major New Voice Behind the Most Immersive Teen Drama Since ‘Kids’
Coming-of-age and shattered innocence collide in this fall's Cannes Critics' Week winner from 1-2 Special. Writer/director/cinematographer Marine Atlan walks IndieWire through street-casting a Pompeii-set high-school drama for the ages.
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The raw heartache of high school’s final days, in all their promise and messiness, becomes the ground for an immersive, ethnographically precise exploration of teenage feelings in “ La Gradiva .”
Written, helmed, and shot by Marine Atlan , the French-language coming-of-age story is set in and around Naples and Pompeii on a class trip that proves profoundly life-shifting for all — and with a terrific cast of first-time actors she found literally on the street, all encouraged to bring their own perspectives to the material. Atlan’s first as a director, the film won Cannes Critics’ Week, where…
