Magdala stars the famous American choreographer Elsa Wolliaston. Cineuropa: How did the idea for Magdala come about? Damien Manivel: Iâve been working with Elsa Wolliaston for 12 years now. We made the short film La Dame au chien together, as well as Isadoraâs Children. So Magdala came about from the desire I feel on an almost perpetual basis to film Elsa, to document our relationship, to paint a portrait of it, so to speak. Iâve wanted to work on a mythical, legendary character with her for several years, and had notably been looking into the character of Mary Magdalene. I...