Bitten

Locarno 2023
Official Selection

Bitten

A Film by Romain de Saint-Blanquat

2023 - France - Thriller/Giallo - 1.85 - 90 min.

with Léonie Dahan-Lamort , Lilith Grasmug , Cyril Metzger , Maxime Rohart & Fred Blin

Language: French
Produced by Marc-Benoît Créancier

1967, Mardi Gras. Françoise is a seventeen-year-old boarder in an all-girls Catholic high school. Convinced that she has only one night left before her death, she sneaks out with her friend Delphine to attend a costume party and live the night as if it was her last.

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