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Sophie Letourneur’s Family Comedy L’Aventura Debuts at Cannes’ ACID

Combining tender humor with Italian cinema homage, this sequel spotlights a family’s everyday struggles on a sun-drenched Sardinian road-trip

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Overview

  • The film extends the journey begun in Voyages en Italie by reuniting Sophie Letourneur and Philippe Katerine as Sophie and Jean-Philippe alongside their two children
  • Letourneur sustains her autobiographical approach by weaving documentary-style moments into a loose narrative framework
  • Claudine’s teenage presence and Raoul’s toddler antics underscore the comedy’s exploration of motherhood and mental load
  • Letourneur and Katerine both deliver naturalistic performances that emphasize parental tensions and small-scale domestic crises
  • Critics praised the film’s warm tone and affectionate homage to Italian classics but flagged its repetitive structure and limited narrative surprises