Country: France
Year: 2024
Duration: 90'
In a set of interconnected stories, several Paris residents see their lives turned upside down when death knocks at their door: a narcissistic Italian opera singer wakes up at the morgue only to realize her own passing came unnoticed; a British stuntman finds himself questioning his own profession when his son suffers an accident; an eccentric elderly Colombian woman makes a pact with death itself... While each character strives to reconnect with what matters most, the city of light, love and endless possibility shines brighter than ever.
Biography
film director
Marjane Satrapi
(Iran) grew up in Tehran, where she studied at the Lycée Français, before leaving for Vienna and Strasbourg to study Decorative Arts. In 1997 she moved to Paris and in 2000 published the graphic novel Persepolis, which had enormous critical acclaim, won several prestigious comic book awards and was translated all over the world. The animated film adaptation Persepolis (2007) won the Jury Prize at the Cannes, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film and won two César Awards. Her live-action film Poulet aux prunes (based on her book by the same name) made its premiere in Venice on 2011 before being awarded in Abu Dhabi and São Paulo. In 2013 she directed La bande des Jotas and in 2014 The Voices, starring Ryan Reynolds and receiving awards in Festival of Gérardmer and l’Étrange Festival. In 2020, she released Radioactive, starring Rosamund Pike. Throughout the years, she has continued painting and in 2013 had her first exhibition at the Galerie Jerôme de Noirmont. She works and lives in Paris.
FILMOGRAFIA
Persepolis (id., 2007), Poulet aux prunes (Pollo alle prugne, 2011), La bande des Jotas (2012), The Voices (2014), Radioactive (2019), Paradis Paris (2024).
Declaration
film director
“There is a thin line between feeling and pathos. I like to think that in this film I’ve always stopped in time and never tipped over into pathos. That’s dignity. Take the example of Monica Bellucci, who plays Giovanna. She’s an icon. To act, you have to lay yourself bare. It’s much harder than dramatic parts. Monica throws herself fully into it, but not only that. She turns her melodramatic, childish woman character into a moving woman and, in the end, embodies tragedy. Even in the moments of greatest pathos, she remains dignified in front of her husband. Tears are only beautiful when they are shy. When they only show themselves in private.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Marjane Satrapi. SCREENPLAY: Marie Madinier, Marjane Satrapi. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Maxime Alexandre. EDITOR: Stéphane Roche. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Florian Sanson. COSTUMES: Pascaline Chavannes, Ursula Paredes. MUSIC: Pascal Lengagne. SOUND: Jean-Paul Mugel, Simon Poupard, Pierre-Jean Labrusse. CAST: Monica Bellucci, Ben Aldridge, André Dussollier, Rossy de Palma, Eduardo Noriega, Roschdy Zem, Alex Lutz, Gwendal Marimoutou, Charline Emane, Thomas Bernier, Martina García, Roméo Grialou, Charlotte Dauphin, Pascal Ternisien, Inès Gaudin-Prat, Alonso Venegas Flores, Shane Woodward, Béatrice Costantini. PRODUZIONE: Isaac Sharry, Marjane Satrapi per Vito Films, Marjane Satrapi Films.
CONTACT: The Festival Agency fg@thefestivalagency.com
