World Premier: The Tiger Competition, IFFR, 2026
While emptying her childhood home after her estranged father’s death, Angelica recalls a fierce and solitary love she had for her history teacher, Miss S. As her list of duties never seems to diminish, an intense desire grows in Angelica: to meet her again.
(Svensk titel): La belle année
Duration: 95 min
Screenwriter and director: Angelica Ruffier
Produced by: Marta Dauliūtė & Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir
Co-producers: Turid Rogne & Elisabeth Kleppe / Aldeles, Rafael Souza & Ann-Marie Söhrman Fermelin / Film Stockholm, Katja Härkönen / Filmpool Nord
Director of Photography: Simon Averin Markström
Editor: Anna Eborn
Composer: Leo Svensson Sander
Sound designer & mix: Thomas Angell Endresen
Colorist: Tormod Hauge
Sound technicians: Astrid Ahlbom Andersson, Anna Eborn, Olga Ruin
Additional photo: Gustav Ågerstrand, Boris Krommendijk, Liesbet de Loof, Angelica Ruffier, Anna-Lena Holmqvist
Graphic design: Lukas Möllersten, Angelica Ruffier
With funding from: Swedish Film Institute / Anna Weitz, Norwegian Film Institute / Charlotte Røhder Tvedt, Vestnorsk Filmsenter / Klara Nilsson Grunning, Swedish Arts Grants Commitee
Executive producers: Elisabeth Marjanović Cronvall & Elin Lilleman Eriksson
Pitched at: Nordic Talent, Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Cannes Docs.
© Simon Averin Markström, Gustav Ågerstrand