As teenagers, Blandine and Magalie's idea of a dream vacation was visiting Amorgos where Luc Besson’s film The Big Blue was shot.
[1][2] Kristin Scott Thomas plays Magalie’s friend and mentor, who does not give too hoots about accepted norms of social behaviour.
Writing for Variety, Catherine Bray notes that despite occasional detours into darker themes, this is fundamentally a relaxing trip for an audience.
[3] "Writer-director Marc Fitoussi paces his film in a relaxed fashion; you wouldn’t need to cut much actual plot to shave 20 minutes off the runtime.
Including shots of idyllic Greek beaches, island, then there is a magical flashback scene in the taverna, where an exuberantly dancing Magalie disappears behind a pillar and emerges from the other side as her teenage self.