42/46
Synopsis
Liana, 19, lives with her mother and sister in Fréjus in the south of France. Overwhelmed by beauty and fame, she participates in a reality show called “Wonderland Island”. Agate Ridinger’s film does not reproduce romantic clichés. It is wonderfully genuine and, like life, unsweetened. Impeccable acting and character development that is hard not to get attached to. An excellent script that deliberately avoids the beaten paths of drama – with a maturity rarely found in debuts. The director suggests them and then constantly takes us down another path. The reality of this film is far from the black-and-white simplifications that decades of patriarchal narrative have accustomed us to. The subject here is a woman. Beautiful film, incredible debut. 10/10.
