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.
- Director
- Christophe Honoré
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2014
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 102'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- French
- Producer
- Philippe Martin
- Production Company
- Les Films Pelléas
- Sales
- MK2
- Screenplay
- Christophe Honoré
- Cinematography
- Andre Chemetoff
- Editor
- Chantal Hymans
- Production Design
- Samuel Deshors
- Sound Design
- Guillaume Le Braz, Valérie Deloof, Cyril Holtz
- Cast
- George Babluani, Amira Akili
- Local Distributor
- Remain in Light BV
- Website
- http://remaininlight.be/#/nl/metamorphoses