Sixteen-year-old Jeanne escapes from a foster home and hides in a film studio, where an
adaptation of The Snow Queen is being shot. She becomes fascinated by Cristina, the
temperamental actress in the leading role, and as she gets involved in the production,
dangerously grows close to her. This contemporary take on Andersen’s fairy tale is a dreamlike
and dark coming-of-age story about the loss of childhood innocence amid the tangled labyrinths
of adult desire and control. Lucile Hadžihalilović’s film within a film, featuring Marion Cotillard
and Gaspar Noé, won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale.
Lucile Hadžihalilović
Lucile Emina Hadžihalilović (b. 1961) was born in France to a Bosnian family and raised in
Morocco. She studied art history and film directing, and since the late 20th century has worked
as a director, editor, screenwriter, and actress. She gained international recognition with films
such as Earwig (2021), Innocence (2004), and Evolution (2015). Her short La Bouche de Jean-
Pierre (1996) remains a landmark work to this day. Hadžihalilović also frequently collaborates
with her partner, Gaspar Noé, contributing as a screenwriter to his films.
Sixteen-year-old Jeanne escapes from a foster home and hides in a film studio, where an
adaptation of The Snow Queen is being shot. She becomes fascinated by Cristina, the
temperamental actress in the leading role, and as she gets involved in the production,
dangerously grows close to her. This contemporary take on Andersen’s fairy tale is a dreamlike
and dark coming-of-age story about the loss of childhood innocence amid the tangled labyrinths
of adult desire and control. Lucile Hadžihalilović’s film within a film, featuring Marion Cotillard
and Gaspar Noé, won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale.
Lucile Hadžihalilović
Lucile Emina Hadžihalilović (b. 1961) was born in France to a Bosnian family and raised in
Morocco. She studied art history and film directing, and since the late 20th century has worked
as a director, editor, screenwriter, and actress. She gained international recognition with films
such as Earwig (2021), Innocence (2004), and Evolution (2015). Her short La Bouche de Jean-
Pierre (1996) remains a landmark work to this day. Hadžihalilović also frequently collaborates
with her partner, Gaspar Noé, contributing as a screenwriter to his films.
adaptation of The Snow Queen is being shot. She becomes fascinated by Cristina, the
temperamental actress in the leading role, and as she gets involved in the production,
dangerously grows close to her. This contemporary take on Andersen’s fairy tale is a dreamlike
and dark coming-of-age story about the loss of childhood innocence amid the tangled labyrinths
of adult desire and control. Lucile Hadžihalilović’s film within a film, featuring Marion Cotillard
and Gaspar Noé, won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale.
Lucile Hadžihalilović
Lucile Emina Hadžihalilović (b. 1961) was born in France to a Bosnian family and raised in
Morocco. She studied art history and film directing, and since the late 20th century has worked
as a director, editor, screenwriter, and actress. She gained international recognition with films
such as Earwig (2021), Innocence (2004), and Evolution (2015). Her short La Bouche de Jean-
Pierre (1996) remains a landmark work to this day. Hadžihalilović also frequently collaborates
with her partner, Gaspar Noé, contributing as a screenwriter to his films.