By Mateo Ybarra
Country: Suisse
Languages: English, French
Original title: SMALL TALK
Production year: 2026
Runtime: 91
Production company: L'ARTIFICE
Hoping to launch a career in the luxury world, Charlie enrolls at the last finishing school in Switzerland. Over the course of a summer, women from around the world learn the codes of elegance, etiquette and conversation meant to prepare them for elite social circles. As they refine their gestures and manners, a world of aspiration, discipline and self-transformation gradually unfolds.
World Premiere: Concorso Cineasti del Presente – Locarno Film Festival 2026