Métamorphoses

Christophe Honoré (La belle personne, Les bien-aimés) has said he wanted to bring an ode to the cultural heritage of Greece at a time when that country is getting only bad publicity. His virtuoso adaptation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses consists of a series of stories-in-stories in which the fickle gods in contemporary France turn up to amuse themselves with mortals.
In a triptych, we follow Europa, a French school student from a North African background, in her meetings with Jupiter, Bacchus and Orpheus. An initiation into a world as wild, mysterious and elevated as the elemental power that drives her: love. Métamorphoses is inspired storytelling full of visual innovation, brought to life by a stunning young cast. In his transformation of the classic Greek myths into a contemporary epic on universal themes such as love, jealousy, faith and imagination, Honoré proves to be a true heir to the Roman poet.