Ma Belle, My Beauty

Bertie, Fred and Lane once formed a polyamorous love trio - until Lane ran away one day. The reunion with Lane (Hannah Pepper) in a vacation home in the south of France, where the musicians Bertie (Lucien Guignard) and Fred (Lucia Johnson) have retreated to prepare for their European tour, is not only a big surprise. It also sparks passion and jealousy between the two women - especially when it emerges that Lane's visit was initiated by Fred. With her feature film debut “Ma Belle, My Beauty”, director Marion Hill has created a sensual, atmospherically dense drama about love, loss and the complexity of polyamorous relationships. Against the sun-drenched backdrop of a summer in the south of France, the story unfolds of three people whose former love triangle is shaken by the return of the missing third person. Hill succeeds in treating the subject of polyamory calmly and respectfully, without resorting to unnecessary explanations or justifications, or even relying on drama. Her restrained direction relies entirely on the visual narrative power of the setting and the strong actors.