37th edition
18-26 january 2025

Xristos Anesti

Justine Bo

Next sessions

Wed 22/01
14h00
Centre de Congrès - Auditorium
Presented and followed by a meeting with the directors
Thu 23/01
22h15
Pathé Angers - 1
Image Xristos Anesti
France
2024 Fiction 23 min
OV with French subtitles
On an Orthodox Easter Sunday, 11-year-old Agnès tries to escape having to dance
with her uncle Yórgos.
Cast : Lua Michel, Evangelos Papadakis, Georgia Scalliet, Raphaële Godin
Scenario : Justine Bo
Cinematography : Raimon Gaffier
Sound : Vivien Roche, Kinane Moualla
Editing : Jean Costa
Production : Quartett Production
Justine Bo is a French writer and filmmaker. After graduating from the Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris, and completing a degree in documentary studies at The New School University (New York), she published several novels, among which Si nous ne brûlons pas (Équateurs, January 2018), Onanisme (Grasset, 2019 literary season) and Alphabet (Grasset, January 2022). Her seventh book, Eve Melville, Cantique (Grasset), which came out in January 2024, has met with incredible acclaim from the press. Read at Premiers Plans in 2023, Xristos Anesti is her first
short film.