SPIRIT OF ECSTASY/LA VÉNUS D'ARGENT (Hélena Klotz 2023)

A young gender-questioning person, played by the pop star Pomme (Claire Pommet), works in high finance, which leads to unprecedented opportunities with astonishing speed. But can she leave her military boyfriend (Niels Schneider) and gendarme father (Grégoire Colin) and two little siblings behind? An exciting experimental-feeling film that taps into the French cinematic gift for fantasy and elegance.

Screened for this review as part of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at Lincoln Center, New York (Feb. 29-Mar. 10, 2024. Showtimes:
Monday, March 4 at 9:00pm
Friday, March 8 at 6:15pm (Q&A with Héléna Klotz)