''The Girl from Nowhere'' (french: La Fille de nulle part) is a 2012 French

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

film written and directed by

Jean-Claude Brisseau Jean-Claude Brisseau (; 17 July 1944 – 11 May 2019) was a French filmmaker best known for his 2002 film ''Secret Things'' ("Choses Secrètes") and his 2006 film '' The Exterminating Angels'' ("Les Anges exterminateurs"). His film ''Céline'' wa ...

. The film had its world premiere on 8 August 2012 at the 65th

Locarno Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...

, where it won the

Golden Leopard The Golden Leopard () is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be ...

. It was released theatrically in France on 6 February 2013 by Les Acacias.

Cast

* as Dora * Claude Morel as Denis, the doctor friend *

as Michel Deviliers * as Lise Villers, the former student * as the fool * Anne Berry as death * as performer

References

External links

* 2012 films 2012 drama films 2012 fantasy films 2010s fantasy drama films 2010s French-language films Films directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau Films shot in Paris French fantasy drama films 2010s French films {{2010s-drama-film-stub