La Belle Année

After the death of her father, French-Swedish filmmaker Angelica Ruffier returns to her childhood home in the French countryside; a cavernous house, thick with clutter, obligation and his lingering shadow. As she begins the exhausting work of sorting through a lifetime of belongings, she finds the teenage diaries that revive her secret crush on her history teacher, Mademoiselle B – a stylish sophisticate who resembled Louise Brooks. Where is Mademoiselle B now, she wonders... Should she try to reconnect? In this intimate autobiographical work, Ruffier folds documentary observation into staged reverie to explore grief, desire and queer awakening. Lauded by critics and audiences at IFFR and CPH:DOX.