Eva Huault continues to struggle in Shana: trailer

Lila Pinell’s film is presented at the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

Remember his name carefully. After several small, notable appearances on television (The Laura Stern affair, Privileges) or at the cinema (City fuck, Fight), Eva Huault is the star of a film for the first time. An irresistible rise for this actress with an astonishing and endearing profile who plays the title role of Shanaa young woman who has a series of adventures. Noémie Lvovski plays his mother.

Synopsis: Shana goes through the struggles of everyday life with boundless energy and the support of her group of friends. When her grandmother dies, she inherits a ring believed to protect against the evil eye. Shana really needs this boost. Especially since with the release of his toxic companion from prison, the misadventures pile up!

Shana is the new project of director Lila Pinell, who presented Kiss and Cry at Acid, on the sidelines of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. His short film King Davidwhere she already directed Eva Huault, was rewarded in Clermont-Ferrand in 2021, and nominated for the César. The two women knew each other almost 20 years ago, and this feature film is the culmination of their collaboration.

“In July 2007, I filmed my first documentary in a summer camp. Eva was ten and a half years old. I filmed all the children, but she and her two friends, Emma and Salomé, formed a group that I couldn’t let go.”, says Lila Pinell in the press kit for the film.

“Although we are very different and do not belong to the same generation, we have a lot in common. I built the character of Shana for King David, drawing on her own life, mine, and those of other young girls I met. Then, I wanted to continue to bring this character to life, to deepen her complicated place within her family, a non-practicing Jew, but who respects certain traditions.”

Shana will be released in cinemas on June 17. Trailer: