This fall, the 24-year-old actress is being revealed in two films, including After them their childrenAdaptation of Nicolas Mathieu’s bestseller and a series. Zoom in on this new face of French cinema.
Each school year has its share of film discoveries. This year’s name is Angelina Worth. At the age of 24, the actress appeared in three main roles on the big and small screens. In My life my face A portrait of a woman trying to get well by Sophie Fillier, she plays Agnes Jau’s daughter. In The wealth of Francehistorical saga adapted from Robert Merle’s novels and signed to Christopher Thompson for France 2, she plays the daughter of the Baron de Fontenac (played by Gregory Fitus). But the role that she got, and which many actresses dream of, was that of Steph, the heroine of After them their childrenadaptation of pri Goncourt by Nicolas Mathieu. Director: Bukerma Brothers (Teddy, Year of the Sharks…), the film follows the fate of Anthony (the wonderful Paul Kircher), a teenager who wanders through unemployment-ravaged Lorraine.
“I read the book when everyone was giving it away for birthdays and Christmas. When I knew the movie was being made, I really wanted to be a part of it. I passed several tests and was accepted,” says Angelina. He adds about Steph, her character. “I like his dream of being somewhere else, his desire to experience something else, but also his disappointment when he arrives in Paris. The fact that he doesn’t necessarily feel at home in his home town bothers me. Angelina Worth discovered the film in early September at the Venice Film Festival, where it was selected for competition. indelible. The Bukerma brothers are geniuses and I am very proud to have contributed to this project.
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“Tender while still having nerves”
The twin directors also won author Nicolas Mathieu, who nevertheless received many requests to adapt his novel; “I saw their film. teddy in which there were already many things that were similar After them their children. Their story took place in suburban France, in a suburban world, seen back and forth between the petit bourgeois and the slightly more modest children, it also touched on the period of adolescence, the awakening of meaning, and they knew how to present it. without being a caricature. Finally, the novel owes a lot to Bruce Springsteen and his song The river. However, one of the brothers got a tattoo “Born to run“Behind the ear, so we really connected (laughs).
If the writer admits that he was very excited when discovering the film, “much more than expected”, then he adds: intimate and at the same time that there is breadth, space, speed. The film follows the characters, but also tells the story of the valley, the country, it’s both skin-level, but at the same time a bit political.” As for Angelina Worth, the writer says about her: “She is like the heroine of my novel. Physically, she has this type that’s a bit childish but sexy, she’s tender while still being crazy, and there’s something going on in the movie between Paul Kircher and his character; Both the actors managed to capture something of this youthful pulse in this film.
In the film, something happens between Paul Kircher’s character and him. as soon as they look at each other, we want things to work between them.
Nicolas Mathieu
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With her upcoming three movies and TV series releases, Angelina Jolie is about to step out of the shadows for good. So how does he approach success? “It’s always stressful to discover a film, to see yourself on screen, but I’m trying to stay calm and since there’s no question of fame at the moment, I’m not putting anything in my head. I just hope to appear in other films. A great face, which can be explained by the career of a young girl. When he left school at 16 because the school system didn’t suit him (“I used to sleep in class, I was quite wild and hated being in the same place all the time”), he joined the school theatre. With the support of her mother, an artist, and her father, a director of television series and then a comic author, she took lessons in Paris for two years. But this is his first experience on the set. Jessica forever by Jonathan Vinnell and Caroline Poggi, which turned out to be the impetus; Something spontaneous, organic happened. I loved going out of my life being someone else for a while. I liked working in a team, meeting different people, never being in the same place, it’s a job where you never get bored. Raised on the films of Jacques Demy, Romy Schneider and Jean Gabin, he has played a variety of roles; Just kids by Christophe Blanc, My night by Antoinette Boulat, Little brother By Leonor Serra, or even The Rascals By Jimmy Laporal-Tressor.
Ceramics, his lifeline
Outside the cinema, the young girl discovered another passion: ceramics. “It gives me balance. My mom says it’s my lifeline. It is a place where I take refuge and where I feel that I am doing something that is important and that I enjoy, apart from the cinema. It’s very different, but I need it, it’s also a part of me. I worked with my mother for a while and together we made a series of vases. But before devoting herself completely to this other artistic passion, the young girl still needs to step a little on watching movies. Her agent Gonzalve Leclerc, who discovered her in her first film, said of her: “Angelina is a talented young actress from a young age. He knows perfectly what he wants and in which cinema he wants to flourish. He chooses his roles carefully and moves decisively towards an artistic future full of great promises.” If the actress dreams of acting with Catherine Breilla, whose filmography she appreciates, she allows everything to come to her with calmness and philosophy and is preparing to star in Josephine Japi’s first film as a director with Melanie Laurent. Nominated for the César Ceremony in the Revelation category?
Source: Le Figaro
