original title:
La Gradiva
directed by:
production:
Les Films du Poisson, BiBi Film, Arte, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Eurimages
country:
France/Italy
year:
2025
format:
colour
status:
Development/Pre-production (17/12/2024)
The film will revolve around a small group of French high schoolers who set off on a school trip to Pompei. In the midst of this ghost town, they fall prey to vertigo. One by one, James, Toni, Suzanne and their Latin teacher Mrs Mercier are overwhelmed by desire, anger and despair, abandoning themselves to their emotions to the point of losing everything…