Six Days in Spring

Festival favourite Lafosse returns with a relationship drama in which a separated mother “occupies” her ex-in-laws’ luxury villa in sun-drenched Saint-Tropez.

Hard-working Sana is determined to give her sons a proper holiday despite the new family situation. When the original plan falls through, she decides to secretly spend the vacation in the grandparents’ villa on the Riviera. Joining her is her new, secret “friend,” the boys’ former coach. With an intimate camera, dynamic editing, and emotional tension, Lafosse (Restless, GFF 2021) portrays six sunny days full of secrets and moral dilemmas. Eye Haïdara commands the screen as the mother who puts her children above everything, yet also has a strong need to break free.

• Camilla Larsson