Sinopsis
A small group of French high school students embarks on a school trip to Pompeii to explore its ruins and the bodies preserved by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. In this ghost town, they are suddenly overcome by a feeling of vertigo.
Marine Atlan is a French director, screenwriter, and cinematographer who studied at La Fémis. She has worked as a cinematographer on several films and has also directed short films such as Les Amours vertes and Daniel fait face. In 2026, she released her first feature film, La Gradiva, which was selected for the Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix. Her films focus especially on adolescence and relationships between characters.
Friday, Nov. 6th. 8:00 p.m.
Sala Azcona - Cineteca Madrid
Ticket sales: 5 €. Online / Box office from Tuesday to Sunday from 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Year of Production: 2026
Time: 145’
Country: France, Italy
Language: French. Original version with Spanish subtitles
Director: Marine Atlan
Cast: Colas Quignard, Suzanne Gerin, Mitia Capellier, Antonia Buresi
Production: Ines Daïen Dasi
Script: Marine Atlan, Anne Brouillet
Director of Photography: Pierre Mazoyer, Marine Atlan
Production Companies: Les Films du Poisson, BiBi Film
International Sales: mk2 Films
Distribution: Tandem Films
Awarded at Deauville and Melbourne, and winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes Critics’ Week. Selected for Toronto, Chicago, BFI London and Reykjavik
Premiere in Madrid
