Synopsis
Aged eight, Victoria spends a night in the home of a wealthy white family; years later, she encounters them again and her life is changed forever.
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Cast
- Guslagie MalandaVictoria
- Nadia MoussaFanny
- Catherine MouchetElena Savinet
- Pierre AndrauThomas Savinet
- Pascal GreggoryLionel Savinet
- Tony HarrissonSam
- Moussa SyllaSékou
- Alexis LoretEdouard Savinet
- Aurore BroutinLa cafetière
Recommendations
- 70
Village Voice
My Friend Victoria has a specific vibrancy as delicate and understated as Lessing's social critique. It's an accumulation of small moments: telling gazes, sour notes in the dialogue, the persistent impression of a woman who's in a room but never fully present. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Victoria is definitely what you would call a passive protagonist, and although the film subtly explores questions of ethnic identity, it doesn't necessarily keep one engaged until the end. - 50
Slant Magazine
The film disappoints in its refusal to allow for deeper articulations of racism beyond, well, visible and verbal displays of racism. - 50
The New York Times
As drifting and dreamy as its searching heroine, My Friend Victoria takes a graceful but unsatisfying stroll through the life and longings of a young black woman in contemporary Paris.