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The woman at the centre of the subtle but cathartic One Fine Morning is cursed by her consciousness. Try as she might, she can’t escape the fact that she’s ultimately alone, trapped in her own head, and tied through her actions to each and every person around her. It’s a torturous existence. Sandra (Léa Seydoux), a young widow, cares for her eight-year-old daughter. She also cares for her father Georg (veteran actor Pascal Greggory), whose sight is mostly gone and whose memory is crumbling away due to a neurodegenerative disease. At work, as a translator, she patiently reinterprets the words of strangers, or guides American World War Two veterans back down the paths of their old traumas.

She has carved up and rationed out every last part of her heart. There’s no more left for her own use, as she’s forced to admit: “I just...

Produced by Kidam in league with Bord Cadre Films, the director’s 9th feature is set to be unveiled in the Berlinale’s Panorama line-up, with Théo Kermel and Pierre Meunier in lead roles. A familiar face at major international festivals who fell off the grid five or so years ago, Damien Odoul will be making his return to the film world in the Panorama section of the 71st Berlinale where his 9th feature Theo and the Metamorphosis will enjoy its world premiere as part of the festival’s Industry Event (running 1 – 5 March).Previous works put forth by the filmmaker include Deep Breath (Jury Special Prize in Venice’s Filmmakers of the Present line-up in 2001), Errance (selected for Toronto in 2003), After We’re Gone (Directors’ Fortnight 2004), Morasseix (shot in 1992 but only screened in 2004 when it was presented in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori), The Story on Richard O. (shown...