'La Gradiva' trailer | Coming-of-age drama | Antonia Buresi, Colas Quignard, Mitia Capellier-Audat
Title: La Gradiva
What: Film/movie
Logline: In the shadow of Vesuvius, a group of French teenagers on a class trip to Naples grapple with the anxiety and exhilaration of their upcoming high school graduation amid the ancient ruins of Pompeii. Toni (Colas Quignard), adrift and impulsive; his best friend, James (Mitia Capellier-Audat), popular, alluring, and self-possessed; and Suzanne (Suzanne Gerin), an aspiring artist who feels rejected by her peers, contemplate faded frescoes and debate their generation’s aspirations and shortcomings. While their exhausted but motivated teacher Mme. Mercier (Antonia Buresi) attempts to direct their attention to their breathtaking surroundings, the students’ passions and insecurities lead them toward an irreversible fracture.
Genre: Coming-of-age drama
Director(s): Marine Atlan
Starring: Antonia Buresi, Colas Quignard, Mitia Capellier-Audat
In cinemas: December 18, 2026
Where: US
Distributor: 1-2 Special
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