MOKA is the color of the car that killed Emmanuelle Devos’ son in a hit-and-run. Nathalie Baye, a beauty shop proprietor, is Devos’ quarry. MOKA—shot in the Lake Geneva area—is a French thriller, so things might not be what they seem. Olivier Chantreau co-stars as Vincent.

Director Frédéric Mermoud’s script is based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s novel of the same name. Mermoud: “As an actress, Devos embodies so many different emotions. Her face is a whole story unto itself. My aim was to exhaust Emmanuelle: to have the camera follow her face incredibly closely, to capture her soul, her tiniest vibrations. That was the origin of the project.”*

MOKA, through June 29 in Los Angeles.

NUART THEATRE, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles.

Through July 6 in Berkeley.

SHATTUCK CINEMAS, 2230 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley.

landmarktheatres.com/los-angeles/nuart-theatre/film-info/moka

landmarktheatres.com/san-francisco-east-bay/shattuck-cinemas

*landmarktheatres.com/moka-filmmaker-letter

Nathalie Baye and Emmanuelle Devos in Moka (2017), directed by Frédéric Mermoud. Image credit: Film Movement.