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Previouslyacclaimedforhisessayisticdocumentaries,PhilipScheffnerhasnowventuredintofiction.Zohra,playedbyRhimIbrir,alreadyfeaturedinScheffner’sHavarie(BerlinaleForum2016),islivinginatowninsouthwesternFrance.Shehasaseverecaseofscoliosis.VolkerSattel’scameraworkexaminesX-rays,followsZohratothehospitalandtoanindoorswimmingpoolforrehabandsitsrightnexttoherorbehindheronthebus.Theimagesarecrispandfloodedwithsummerlight,thesenseofplaceandspaceissoprecisethatweknoweachofthebusstopsalongherway:firstPoste,thenPiscine,thenEurope.<br/> WhenZohra’sconditionimproves,herresidencepermitisnotrenewed,soshehastogobacktoAlgeria.Hercaseworkershrugshisshoulders:itisoutofhishands,hesays,nothinghecandoaboutit.Afadetoblackmarksaturningpointinthestoryafterwhichtheheroinedisappearsfromview.Scheffnercontinuestovarythisgameofthevisibleandtheinvisibleforawhileuntildreamandeverydayrealityfuseinthesummerheatandglaringsunlighttocreateashimmeringnarrativeinthesubjunctive.
