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“Atlan’s arrival heralds a discovery on their level.”
“I’m always going to try to keep that balance.” “La Gradiva” opens from 1-2 Special stateside starting December 18.”
““I wanted this film to be about desire, to have that be an important theme of the film, but it was even more important to find the right actors and actresses to play the characters.”
“Writer/director/cinematographer Marine Atlan walks IndieWire through street-casting a Pompeii-set high-school drama for the ages.”
“Powered by WordPress.com VIP Filmmaker Interview ‘La Gradiva’ Director Marine Atlan Is the Major New Voice Behind the Most Immersive Teen Drama Since ‘Kids’ Coming-of-age and shattered innocence collide in this fall's Cannes Critics' Week winner from 1-2 Special.”
“By Ryan Lattanzio Plus icon ryan Ryan Lattanzio Executive Editor ryanlattanzio More stories by Ryan Zendaya to Star in Alex Garland’s New Sci-Fi Movie at A24 Read more ‘Girls’ Is Back: Lena Dunham and Full Cast to Reunite for Five-Episode Limited Series Revival for HBO Read more ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Review: Daisy Edgar-Jones and George MacKay Suffuse an Unfussy Jane Austen Adaptation with Earthly Sensuality Read more October 15, 2026 5:35 pm Add us as a Google Preferred Source 'La Gradiva' 1-2 Special Share Share on Facebook Post Share on LinkedIn Show more sharing options Submit to Reddit Pin it Post to Tumblr Email Print This Page Share on WhatsApp The raw heartache of high school’s final days, in all their promise and messiness, becomes the ground for an immersive, ethnographically precise exploration of teenage feelings in “ La Gradiva .” Written, helmed, and shot by Marine Atlan , the French-language coming-of-age story is set in and around Naples and Pompeii on a class trip that proves profoundly life-shifting for all — and with a terrific cast of first-time actors she found literally on the street, all encouraged to bring their own perspectives to the material.”
““So when I was directing him as an actor, I really worked on his relationship to the body.”
“So for that character, it was really quite a significant change.” The actor is also “very politicized in his life,” so Atlan’s production had to respond, including in a pivotal scene where the students debate their own generation’s political positions.”
“We first meet James, the most politically activated of the bunch, having sex (perhaps for the first time?) with a female classmate on the train as Toni watches, glowering.”
““I did want some androgyny in the case of that character, but Mitia really has a femininity.”
“How 'La Gradiva,' an Immersive Teen Drama, Became a Festival Hit × Got a Tip?”
“Atlan’s first as a director, the film won Cannes Critics’ Week, where the smarthouse indie outfit 1-2 Special bought it for a winter stateside release.”
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“This voyeuristic moment sets the stage for painful revelations to follow, as “La Gradiva” gradually mines the fissures of a friendship.”
“But to that point, “La Gradiva” feels like the most immersive teen drama since the 1995 drug-and-sex-filled, New York-set “Kids” (a far cry from “La Gradiva” in that sense) reinvented the genre for independent film and delivered an ensemble of major new young actors.”
“And now, little by little, I’m going to try to start writing my next feature film as I’m accompanying the release of [‘La Gradiva’].”
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“Some of the film’s situations emerged out of rehearsal improv.”
“So to be very concrete, Colas did not want to kiss anyone.”
“Suzanne’s kind of rebellious temperament brought a lucidity to that character.”