
Edition: First Cut Lab On Demand 2023
Retro Therapy
Belgium, Canada, France
Production company: Iota Production
World premiere: Tournai Ramdam Festival 2024 – Belge Découverte
Manon, a shy and introverted 16-year-old girl is forced to live with her insufferable grandmother Yvonne, a former feminist activist who has Alzheimer’s. The situation becomes even more difficult when Yvonne, confused, starts mistaking Manon for her own daughter. Contrary to expectations, Manon plays along with Yvonne, and starts pretending to be her mother, someone she’s barely known. In the end, she discovers the real history of the women in her family, and learns to become a woman herself.
CREDITS
Director : Élodie Lélu
Writers : Élodie Lélu, Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem
Editor: Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
Producers: Isabelle Truc, Christine Falco, Isabelle Gripon, Dries Phlypo
Cast: Fantine Harduin, Hélène Vincent, Olivier Gourmet, Rita Benmannana, Tom Audenaert, Emilie Dequenne
International Sales: Be For Films