Wild Fruit

A sombre, slow-burning flight through rural France, weighed down by guilt and the fragile hope of a family on the run.

Directed by

Hervé Bromberger

Genres

Drama

Starring

Nadile Basile, Estella Blain, Jean-Pierre Bonnefous

Overview

Lyon, 1953. Maria Manzana is the oldest of a family with five children and the only one who has a job. Maria's mother is deceased and her father is regularly drunk and violent. One evening when he wants to beat his daughter Christine, Mary helps her sister and accidentally she kills her father. At Maria's advice the family would prefer to flee. Anna, the girlfriend of Mary's brother Michael, accompanies them. Michael doesn't want to leave her behind. A friendly trucker brings Mary and her company to the south. The group then walks on deserted roads to a village, that was abandoned more than 25 years ago due to lack of water.

How it feels

Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, survival, guilt, isolation

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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