Celine Sciamma’s latest is a magical realist fable, the beauty of which lies in its simplicity.
Nelly (Joséphine Sanz) is an eight year-old girl whose grandmother has just died after many years in a care home. Nelly’s mother (Nina Meurisse) is quietly grief-stricken and so, after a first night together, leaves her husband (Stéphane Varupenne) and Nelly to empty the home where she lived as a kid.…