
RememberthefinalsceneofGoToto!(FID2017):Madelenedisappears,settingofftojointheboarpigletsherescuedandraisedinherhouseinVattetot.ShemakesasurreptitiousreappearanceatthestartofABeautifulSummerdroppingFloraoffatherneighbourSimon’shouse.AudiencesfamiliarwithCreton’sworkwillrecognisethefilmmaker’shomeandgardenthat,forasummer,havebecomethestageandsetforanewtransfigurationoflifeintocomedy.WithFlora,youthsurgesintothehouse,breathingitsformidableenergyintothefilmwithapopmusicbloomechoedbytracksfromTheLimiñanas.Andthere’stheyouthofAhmedandMohammed,twoyoungmigrantswashedupinNormandy,towhomSimonandRobertofferaroof,andsharetheirlifewith.The“children’s”sunny,sensualinsoucianceandthesoundtrackareincontrasttotheslower,moreseriousandchallengingmoodoftheadults.SophiestavesoffherlonelinessbyobservingSimonandRobertastheyexposetheirrelationshiptotheriskofNessim,theAfricanloverwho’ssurvivedCalaisandthedemolitionof‘TheJungle’.

