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Sophie Letourneur’s Experimental Family Comedy 'L’Aventura' Opens Acid Selection at Cannes 2025

The film, a chaotic Sardinian road trip blending personal recordings and radical editing, marks the director’s fifth feature and a continuation of her evolving narrative style.

« L’Aventura» de Sophie Letourneur, projeté en ouverture de la sélection parallèle de l’Acid.
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Overview

  • ‘L’Aventura’ debuts as the opening film of the Acid selection at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, showcasing Sophie Letourneur’s latest innovation in independent cinema.
  • The movie follows a fragmented, audio-driven narrative chronicling a disorienting family vacation in Sardinia, blending humor and emotional intensity.
  • Philippe Katerine stars as Jean-Phi, Sophie’s partner, adding depth to this tender yet chaotic family comedy.
  • The film builds on characters and narrative devices from Letourneur’s 2023 feature, ‘Voyages en Italie,’ while adopting a more experimental structure.
  • Letourneur has announced plans for a third installment in the family saga, tentatively titled ‘Divorce à l’italienne.’