“A statue found thrown into a villa’s pool, a mine explosion in the harbor…. As Maxime Matray and Alexia Walther’s playfully enigmatic sophomore feature begins, inexplicable minor disturbances have begun to trouble the calm of a small town on the Côte d’Azur. These isolated events presage more sinister, destabilizing occurrences. Matray and Walter focus their narrative around the character of Géraldine (Agathe Bonitzer), a municipal employee who launches her own investigation after the mayor and his daughter both disappear. Taking adroit advantage of the bracing scenery of the French Riviera, alive with the slight chill of winter, the eccentric yet understated Affection Affection draws viewers into the action via Bonitzer’s character, closely trailing her journey into the tangled motivations of citizens who all have their secrets, while attentively rendering the lesser-seen rhythms and textures of a French resort town during the off-season.” -Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026
Affection Affection screens as part of the Young French Cinema program made possible with the support of Unifrance and Villa Albertine – French Institute for Culture and Education in the United States.
