A Place to Heal

Plot

In a French public hospital, the adolescent psychiatry unit moves to the erratic rhythm of teenagers coming and going - many carrying heavy past baggage - while Etienne and his medical team navigate the relentless cycle of treating, listening, and confronting the raw edges of suffering. Young Lucia knows the ward too well. After being brought back yet again by the police, she reunites with her friend Eloïse and encounters a constellation of young patients, each wrestling with their own storms. At times, there is laughter, small breakthroughs, moments of fragile hope. But the balance is shaky, and the arrival of a new patient will shatter it entirely.

About A Place to Heal

A Place to Heal (French: 15/18) is a 2026 French drama film directed by Cédric Kahn, co-written with Kahina Le Querrec. Starring Zoé Monpart and Malou Khebizi, it follows two French teenage girls admitted into the adolescent psychiatric ward of a public hospital. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2026, where Khebizi won the Marcello Mastroianni Award. It will be theatrically released in France by Ad Vitam on 11 November.

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