The Fourth wave powered by Heroine: The Nature of Love

The feminist cycle in Edison Filmhub is dedicated to films shot by women with fascinating female characters who lend a hand in shifting gender stereotypes. Film critic and distribution dramaturge Tereza Domínová will present “one must-see emancipation” per month. All-female panels will also be present after each film.

The Nature of Love / Monia Chokri / Canada, France, 2023 / 110 min. – Sophia's comfortable life is turned upside down the day she meets Sylvain, an entrepreneur from the Laurentians. She will leave everything to live this burning passion, telling herself that it will perhaps be the last of her life. But a whole world separates lovers She comes from a wealthy intellectual background in Montreal, while Sylvain comes from a family of manual workers. Sophia will be released from it for a solid questioning of her own values and aspirations after having however abandoned herself to her great romantic impulses.