International Feature Competition

À SON IMAGE

In His Own Image

Swiss Premiere

Thierry de Peretti

France

CORSICAN FEMININE BIOPIC

2024, 113'

VO. French

ST. English

With

Alexis Manenti, Clara-Maria Laredo, Thierry de Peretti

An ambitious young woman, Antonia is hired as a photographer for Corse-Matin at a time when the island of Corsica is shaken by independence movements. A powerful, political portrait of a woman.

Having already tackled the various political tensions shaking contemporary France in his previous works, director and screenwriter Thierry de Peretti, back in his native Corsica, continues his analysis with this adaptation of Jérôme Ferrari's eponymous novel. At once an evocation of the exaltation of Corsican nationalism from the 1980s to the 2000s and the story of Antonia's life – a photographer whose career led her to war reporting – the feature film skillfully parallels the island's political ferment with the professional and personal evolution of a committed woman. A poignant reconstruction of a troubled period, carried by the talented Clara-Maria Laredo, a young actress with a promising future.
Damien Brodard

Direction

Thierry de Peretti

Screenplay

Jeanne Aptekman, Thierry de Peretti

Image

Josée Deshaies

Editing

Lila Desiles, Marion Monnier

Sound

Martin Boissau

Music

Frédéric Junqua

Production

Les Films Velvet

With

Alexis Manenti, Clara-Maria Laredo, Victoire Du Bois, Antonia Buresi, Thierry de Peretti

World sales

Pyramide international

Thierry de Peretti

1970, France

Previous works

2022, Enquête sur un scandale d'État (Feature, Director and Writer)
2018, Lutte jeunnesse (Feature, Director and Writer)
2017, Une vie violente (Feature, Director and Writer)
2013, Apaches (Feature, Director and Writer)
2011, Sleepwalkers (Feature, Director, Producer, Cinematographer and Writer)

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