Feature Narratives · India Premiere

La Gradiva

Directed by Marine Atlan

Screening at DIFF 2026

Fri30 10:30 AM to 12:55 PMFriday 30 Oct · Hermann Gmeiner Hall

Plan it in the app

Opens the free DIFF 2026 app. It checks for clashes and adds walking time between screens.

Runtime: 145 min
Year: 2026
Countries: France, Italy
Language: French, Italian
Subtitles: English
Premiere: India

Synopsis

As they await their university acceptance letters, a spirited group of teens travels south by train with their Latin teacher, Madame Mercier. Among the ruins of Pompeii – where the eruption of Vesuvius froze a civilisation in time – they begin to confront the murky realities of who they are now, and who they are becoming. Gradually consumed by the demands of her role, Mercier struggles to keep her students in line. As tensions simmer within the group, rivalries, pent-up emotions and betrayals build with mounting intensity. One by one, they are swept up in the region’s overwhelming beauty and their own awakening desires, until they surrender to them completely.