In December 2007, « Contingencies » was awarded the 2nd prize in a treatment competition organised by the Luxemburgish Filmfund.
Two years later selected for the Script&Pitch Workshops 2010.
Since then the story and structure have evolved quite a bit.
Before being presented at the TorinoFilmLab (Novembre 28-30th), the project, now entitled « Desperate Kingdom
of Love », will also participate in the Rencontres de Coproduction Francophone, taking place in the course of this year’s Cinema du Quebec Festival in Paris (Novembre 22-28th).


Project synopsis

Alba is an 11 year-old girl, brought up in Luxembourg by her wealthy grandmother Elisabeth (54), an eccentric and authoritarian woman, who envisages a career as a violinist for Alba. A docile little girl, Alba submits to Elisabeth’s ambitious desires, if only to receive the affection that her own mother, Catherine, has never been able to give her.
Indeed Catherine (30), a fragile and disoriented young woman, lost custody of the child to her mother Elisabeth, shortly after the birth.
After slowly managing to pull her life back together, Catherine longs to get closer to Alba, but all her attempts are foiled by Elisabeth.
One day, Catherine cannot take it anymore. On impulse, she kidnaps Alba and takes her to the seaside.
This is the beginning of an unsettling journey which plunges mother and daughter into a puzzling world that will reveal the ambiguous facets of motherly love.