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Blandine traveled alone from Normandy to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics and support swimmer Béryl Gastaldello. But she was turned away at the entrance to the competitions because her backpack was too big. Jostled around in this feverish setting, the clumsy and introverted young woman in her thirties suffers a series of setbacks, while still determined to make the most of her week’s vacation.

A naturalistic portrait of an extraordinary woman, sensitive to the serendipity of the world, this film—with its subtle and nuanced actress—is deeply tender and comical, evoking both Eric Rohmer and Jacques Tati.