Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Adèle ExarchopoulosJoanne Soler
- Sally DraméVicky Soler
- Swala EmatiJulia Soler
- Moustapha MbengueJimmy Soler
- Daphné PatakiaNadine
- Patrick BouchiteyLe père de Joanne
- Hugo DillonJeff
- Antonia BuresiLa mère de famille
- Noée AbitaLa serveuse en rollers
- Charlotte Bon BornierLa petite fille blonde
Recommendations
- 91
IndieWire
Some viewers may be frustrated by the opaque way all threads are resolved. To the end, Mysius retains the sense of her film being a glistening and mysterious object, you can watch but can’t touch. Yet this intact mystery flows from themes too vast to ever be rendered fully transparent: young girls are prescient and love is fate. - 83
The Playlist
The Five Devils feels like the inevitable encounter of indestructible drives, which send sparks flying both when they are satisfied and when they are denied. - 60
Screen Daily
Buoyed by two outstanding performances – from Adèle Exarchopoulos and first-time child actress Sally Dramé – and shot in ravishing 35mm, The Five Devils is a finely-crafted drama-genre hybrid, let down only by the fact that the story is a lot less interesting than the themes it carries. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Mysius goes all out here, but her film overshoots its target by a few miles, even if the mise-en-scène is inspired and lead Adèle Exarchopoulos excellent as always.
