Iris in Bloom

Cannes 2011
Director's Fortnight

Iris in Bloom

A Film by Valérie Mréjen & Bertrand Schefer

2011 - France - Drama - 2.35 DCP - 75 min.

with Valérie Donzelli , Lola Créton , Stanislas Merhar , Adèle Haenel & Ferdinand Régent

Language: French
Produced by Charlotte Vincent

Sixteen-year-old Iris is living the last years of her adolescence in a small provincial town when she accidentally meets Jean, a forty-year-old Parisian photographer. As they get to know each other, their relationship evolves into a love friendship that profoundly transforms their lives.

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