Known for Directing
Léa Mysius (born 4 April 1989) is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2017, she made her feature directorial debut with the film Ava, which premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival where it won the SACD Award. Her second feature film, The Five Devils, was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. As a screenwriter, Mysius has also collaborated with Arnaud Desplechin on Ismael's Ghosts (2017) and Oh Mercy! (2019), Jacques Audiard on Paris, 13th District (2021), and Claire Denis on Stars at Noon (2022).
Born
April 4, 1989 (age 37)
Birthplace
Bordeaux, France
Filmography
33 films


The Birthday Party
2026 · 1h 54m
country: France
Thomas, Nora and their teenage daughter Ida live on remote marshland. Social contact is limited, as they only have one neighbour, Cristina, an Italian painter. As the two households plan a surprise birthday party for Nora, strange disturbances begin to occur and unease rolls over the marsh.


The Five Devils
2022 · 1h 36m
country: France
8-year-old Vicky has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne. When her estranged aunt Julia suddenly returns to town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel a past replete with family secrets.


Ava
2017 · 1h 46m
country: France
Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as if everything were normal so as to spend their best summer ever. Ava confronts the problem in her own way. She steals a big black dog that belongs to a young man on the run...


The Yellow Island
2016 · 30m
country: France
11-year-old Ena meets a young fisherman in a port. He gives her an eel and they arrange to meet the following Sunday on the other side of the lake. She has to be there.


Thunderbirds
2014 · 24m
country: France
Antonin and Leonor are hunting larks. He is as submissive as his sister is voracious. One day, a dog attacks them.


Exquisite Corpse
2013 · 25m
country: France
An eight-year-old girl is fascinated by the exquisite corpse of a young woman she finds in the woods.