Amanda

Amanda (2018) is a French drama from Mikhaël Hers that you can watch online on iFILM. When his sister is killed in a sudden attack, 24-year-old David is left to raise her seven-year-old daughter.

David (Vincent Lacoste) drifts through odd jobs and has just fallen for Léna (Stacy Martin), a newcomer to Paris. Then a violent attack tears his life apart — his sister is gone, and little Amanda is suddenly his to look after. Two lost people with nothing to say to each other slowly figure out how to be a family.

Hers works in a quiet register, letting grief surface through small daily things, summer light and awkward silences rather than big crying scenes. Isaure Multrier, as Amanda, holds the screen alongside the adults. The film took the top prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival. A soft-spoken, honest movie about carrying on. Stream Amanda (2018) online on iFILM.