Judith Godrèche premiered her first feature film at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18. The adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s novel explores a young woman’s sexual awakening in 1950s France.
The film, titled “A Girl’s Story” in English and “Mémoire de fille” in its original French, screened in the Un Certain Regard section. Godrèche wrote and directed the drama, which stars newcomer Tess Barthélemy as 17-year-old Annie during the summer of 1958. The story follows the sheltered protagonist as she trains as a camp counselor and encounters new social pressures and her first sexual experiences.
