Five Devils

Nominee
Queer Palm
Cannes Film Festival
Nominee
Best Visual Effects
Cesar Awards
Smell is perhaps the most opaque of the...senses; the one that’s hardest to put into words. No wonder it’s key to the uncanny intrigues of the film.
-- Beatrice Loayza, New York Times

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The Five Devils

Eight-year-old Vicky (newcomer Sally Dramé) has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne (Palme d’Or winner Adèle Exarchopoulos).

When Vicky’s estranged aunt suddenly returns to their mountain town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel the mystery of Joanne’s fiery past with her now sister-in-law.

The acclaimed breakout from filmmaker Léa Mysius (screenwriter for Claire Denis and Jacques Audiard), The Five Devils forges a witchy and wildly imaginative fable out of family secrets and queer romance.
Not Rated
Genre
Drama, Women and Film, French Cinema, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller, LGBTQ+
Runtime
96
Language
French
Director
Léa Mysius
Writer(s)
Paul Guilhaume, Léa Mysius
Cast
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sally Dramé, Swala Emati, Moustapha Mbengue, Daphne Patakia
Awards:
Nominee, Queer Palm, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Best Visual Effects, Cesar Awards
FEATURED REVIEW
Lex Briscuso, Inverse

A fire rages powerfully as a group of stage-ready gymnasts cry and scream at its edge. One turns to show her face and looks straight at the camera, anguish and a hint of betrayal radiating through her eyes as they burn a hole, almost, into the ozone layer between film and audience. Abruptly, we cut ...

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