Fidelio-: Alice-s Odyssey

: Ariane Labed won Best Actress at Locarno for her portrayal of a woman fully in command of her sexuality.

, to replace a crewman who died at sea. While she leaves behind a loving fiancé, Felix, in Marseille, she discovers the ship’s captain is Gaël (Melvil Poupaud), her first love. The film follows her struggle to balance her professional duties with her resurfacing feelings for Gaël and the erotic temptations of life at sea. The Arts Fuse Critical Consensus Fidelio- Alice-s Odyssey

Unlike many films that judge female infidelity, director presents Alice’s "sexual and emotional tribulations" without a moralizing lens. : Ariane Labed won Best Actress at Locarno

This draft reimagines the opera not just as a performance, but as a hallucination or a memory palace that the character "Alice" must navigate to find the truth. The film follows her struggle to balance her