DNA
Intense (self) portrait by and with French actress/director Maïwenn about a woman who struggles with her emotional past and the complexity of her mixed roots.
Summer in Paris, and the city is deserted. Neige regularly visits her beloved Algerian grandfather in his retirement home. It was Emir who raised her, and who offered protection from her toxic parents. She is surrounded by her extended family – brothers, sister, aunt, mother. Relations between them are difficult, rife with resentment and bitterness. Emir’s death will escalate family tensions and trigger a profound identity crisis for Neige.
Drawing deeply from her own complex history, Maïwenn delivers a powerful and moving family portrait.
Maïwenn, France, 2020, 90 min. French spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With Fanny Ardant, Louis Garrel, Dylan Robert, Marine Vacth, Maïwenn.