66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025
New Horizons: New French cinema
1996 90 35mm Colour
It is summertime. Lola is twenty years old. One night, she falls asleep on a bus, gets off at the last stop, and not knowing where she is, wanders into a nightclub. In this alien world which is immersed in music, lives Emir, a former boxer who can't love anyone. The dancer SaÞda loves Emir, but this love is curtailed by their drug habits. Ismaël is as close to his brother as he is to their childhood. He wants Emir to get back into the ring and earn money to pay back debts. Lola moves in on all these relationships, and when she meets Emir, she also finds love. Because of her desire for Emir, Lola exposes her body –and, unwittingly, the bodies of the others– to a forgotten warmth. The warmth is painful to their frozen skin, but brings them back to life.