52 Films by Women Vol 5. 42. SPRING BLOSSOM (Seize Printemps) (Director: Suzanne Lindon)
Ah to be sixteen again and revel in insecurity. To shave for the first time and watch the blood flow. To sweat and barely notice my glasses sliding down my nose. To have little sense of how my clothes shaped people’s impressions of me. However, I am writing to celebrate the accomplishment of Suzanne Lindon, who completed her first film, Seize Printemps ( Spring Blossom ) at the age of twenty. As if this wasn’t enough, the film was selected for inclusion in the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. Admittedly, the festival didn’t take place, but the honour (and the logo at the start of the film) remains. Lindon is easily the youngest writer-director whose work I have written about in this series and she’s taken a leaf out of the Orson Welles school of self-promotion by giving herself the leading role. Apparently, the film solely exists to showcase Lindon’s acting talents – she is the daughter of Vincent Lindon and Sandrine Kiberlain, both of whom continue to have successful careers in Fre...