Gradiva

A hot Italian summer beneath Vesuvius. A group of French students set off on their final school trip before their lives permanently diverge. Against a backdrop of ancient ruins, the frozen bodies of Pompeii's former residents, Roman statues and frescoes, seemingly ordinary dramas of adolescence unfold: arguments, summer romances, poorly concealed rivalries and unspoken affection.

At the edge of the volcano that changed an entire civilisation, quiet but intense eruptions take place within those who came to understand something about history and themselves. The debut of cinematographer Marine Atlan.