The Five Devils (Les Cinq Diables)

A mysterious looking young girl with an afro wearing reflective round sunglasses and overalls. — "The Five Devils" (2022, dir. Léa Mysius)

Wild with the elemental powers of water, fire, and air, Léa Mysius’s witchy second feature inventively folds a queer love story—featuring a magnetic Adèle Exarchopoulos—in a girl’s time-hopping coming-of-age fantasy. 8-year-old Vicky has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne. When her estranged aunt Julia suddenly returns to town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel a past replete with family secrets.

Part of our "French Film Festival" and "New Visions, New Voices". Courtesy of Mubi. In French with English subtitles.

Our French Film Festival is supported by the Albertine Cinematheque, a program of Albertine Foundation & Villa Albertine, with support from the CNC / Centre National du Cinema, and SACEM / Fonds Culturel Franco-Américain.

Cosponsored by the Department of Romance Studies.