"Vicky" (Sally Dramé) lives with her school swimming coach mother "Joanne" (Adèle Exarchopoulos) and fireman father "Jimmy" (Moustapha Mbengue). Despite a fair degree of quite nasty teasing from her schoolmates, she is a happy enough child who has an astonishing gift. She has the most acute sense of smell. She can differentiate between natural and man-made scents - she can even sniff her mother out in the woods, at…
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.
Top Cast
Adèle Exarchopoulos
Joanne Soler
Sally Dramé
Vicky Soler
Swala Emati
Julia Soler
Moustapha Mbengue
Jimmy Soler
Daphné Patakia
Nadine
Patrick Bouchitey
Le père de Joanne
Hugo Dillon
Jeff
Antonia Buresi
La mère de famille
Noée Abita
La serveuse en rollers
Charlotte Bon Bornier
La petite fille blonde
Alain Guillot
L'entraîneur de gym
Stéphanie Lhorset
La directrice de l'école
Inès Helouin
La chanteuse du karaoké
Merwan Rim
Le DJ du karaoké
Habib Rharbaoui
Le garçon de la bande
Jade Kleine
La géante rousse
Reviews
Léa Mysius has created a fascinating study here in The Five Devils. It reminds me a lot of Kubrick's horror, The Shining. Both films revolve around a protagonist that is a child gifted with the "Shining", the gift of "seeing" what others do not. The common thread is that the gift is really a metaphor for how much adults underestimate what a child sees, hears, and understands. Mysius uses magic surrealism as the…
FAQ about The Five Devils
What is The Five Devils about?
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…
When was The Five Devils released?
The Five Devils was released in 2022.
What genres does The Five Devils belong to?
The Five Devils is categorised as Drama, Fantasy, Romance.
Who stars in The Five Devils?
The cast of The Five Devils includes Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sally Dramé, Swala Emati, Moustapha Mbengue, Daphné Patakia.