Last May, Léa Mysius’ second feature film, “The Five Devils,'' screened at the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival and earned a five-minute standing ovation. Previously only shown in French theaters, the film is now running a limited theatrical release in the United States, allo
French writer/director Léa Mysius concocts a compelling witch’s brew with The Five Devils, but the result doesn’t quite come together with the potency she’d desired.
As her queer love story-cum-family drama hits UK cinemas, director Léa Mysius talks about the lack of diversity in the French film industry and the power of smell to trigger memories