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Written and Directed by Aurélia Mengin

Starring Anne-Sophie Charron, Amélie Daurre, Patricia Barzyk, Stefano Cassetti

Réunion, 2024, 106 minutes

Content Warning: Self harm, use of needles, suicide references, themes surrounding mental health.

Alter, in her 40s, suffers from a profound ailment that is eating her inside out. After attempting suicide, she is consulting her therapist Léandro Lecreulx, a specialist in hypnosis, who connects her to her most buried terrifying fears. Léandro is developing unique methods to help his patients deal with their childhood trauma. The days pass to the rhythm of nightmares and hypnosis sessions. Alter goes back further and further into her past, until the devastating moment that changed everything. Her life is turned upside down as she discovers that her loving and protective mother has always hidden a secret from her.

Deeply Profound, incredibly unsettling and breathtakingly stylish, the latest film from Aurélia Mengin is bound to be one of this year’s biggest talking points amongst festival goers. Scarlet Blue is a very honest and very moving piece of art house cinema that expertly blends romance, fantasy and thriller in such a mesmerising way whilst providing an effective take on the theme of mental health within its unique storytelling. Unapologetically queer and boasting a phenomenal cast, do NOT miss this fantastic piece of surreal filmmaking.