France
2016 – 13’ – IN FRENCH
WORLD PREMIERE
Synopsis
During a glory night where she gets a prize for her performance as an actress, Françoise walks around radiant in the warm light that the eyes of the others cast.
She glows in a dress, which fits her like a glove.
Back home, the dress zipper resists.
The lack of any help at hand suddenly gives her the extent of her loneliness.
Trailer
DIRECTOR: Sandrine Kiberlain
PRODUCTION: Pauline Duhault
SCENARIO: Sandrine Kiberlain
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Guillaume Schiffman
EDITING: Christophe Pinel
SOUND: Laurent Poirier - Gurwal Coic-Gallas - Cyril Holtz
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Marie Le Garrec
CAST:
Chiara Mastroianni
PRODUCTION
ELIA FILMS
Pauline Duhault / Thomas Berthon
Tel. +33 (0)6 86 64 44 02
thomasberthon@eliafilms.com
FRENCH PRESS
Tony Arnoux
Tel. +33 (0)6 80 10 41 03
tonyarnoux@orange.fr
CONTACT CANNES
ELIA FILMS
Pauline Duhault Thomas Berthon
Tel. +33 (0)6 86 64 44 02
thomasberthon@eliafilms.com
A superb movement, enough time for an actress to receive her award, between keeping up appearances and the retreat in her apartment. Rushed exchanges with admirers followed by a silent dialogue with a picture, in soothing contrast. At first, a close-up on a face (Chiara Mastroianni), getting ready to exist (make-up for the ceremony) and her back, the reverse side of the story. What does it mean to be an actress? A constellation of words, rehearsed to « have the best smile », to learn a role, left on the answering machine. A constellation of paper, too. An award, the script to read, the sketch of the dress. A whole programme or lifestyle, a sensitive surface, wonderfully rendered.
By Charles Tesson
