La Gradiva (first feature)

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…