The first film as a director by actress Aina Clotet will premiere in May as part of the Semaine de la Critique, the prestigious French event that takes place parallel to the Cannes Film Festival and has been organized by the French Union of Cinema Critics since 1962. Viva, which is set in a near future marked by extreme drought, stars Clotet herself in the role of a woman who has just turned 40 and is recovering from cancer.

The first film as director by actress Aina Clotet will premiere in May as part of Critics' Week, the prestigious French event that takes place parallel to the Cannes Film Festival and has been organized by the French Union of Film Critics since 1962. Viva, which is set in the near future when Catalonia is suffering from an extreme drought, stars Clotet herself as a woman who has just turned 40 and is recovering from cancer.