Cannes Video Day 3: Katell Quillevere’s Un poison violent

Un poison violent (translates into Love Like Poison) is Jean Vigo prize wining screenplay – your typical French family drama big on dialogue, not interested in style. Helmer Katell Quillévéré presented her directorial debut in the Quinzaine last night and I couldn’t help think back to last year’s Bruno Dumont film Hadewijch – both films take certain aspects of religion and cross it with female adolescence. Apologies for the lack of video clarity in the first portion, but if you stick around you’ll see some familiar faces among the cast – including Stefano Cassetti of Roberto Succo fame. Clara Augarde the red head teen and film’s centerpiece, does a formidable job.