Actresses (2007)

Name: Actresses
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2007-12-26
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Noémie Lvovsky, Mathieu Amalric, Louis Garrel, Marisa Borini

Actresses (2007), directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Noémie Lvovsky.

12/26/2007 BR Comedy and Drama 1h 47m

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Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev’s A Month in the Country. Denis, the director, admires her greatly and promises he’ll make her happy on stage — she will shine. But things don’t go to plan.

Jeanne LapoirieCinematography
Valeria Bruni TedeschiDirector, Editing, Writer
Anne WeilEditing
Marc MissonnierProducer

About the film

Actrices (English: Actresses) is a French comedy-drama film directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, released in 2007. The film was presented in the official selection at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and won a Prix Spécial du Jury in the Un Certain Regard section.

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Plot

Marcelline is a chagrined actress, haunted by Natalia Petrovna, the heroine of the Turgenev play A Month in the Country, that she is rehearsing. Trying to escape her fears she visits the swimming pool. While she is swimming she listens to Glenn Miller.

At the age of 40 she is unmarried and lives only for her work at the theatre. When she learns she will probably never have children, this heightens her anguish. She tries to communicate with those around her - living or dead: the Virgin Mary, the protecting ghost of her father seated on the family sofa, the mischievous phantom of her lover perched in a tree. She laughs and cries in turn, a nothing perturbs her, a look from her mother, or simply a kiss from the young lead in the play she is acting in.

Cast

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Marcelline

Noémie Lvovsky as Nathalie

Louis Garrel as Éric

Mathieu Amalric as Denis

Valeria Golino as Nathalia Petrovna

Marisa Borini as The mother

Maurice Garrel as The father

Simona Marchini as The aunt

Bernard Nissille as Jean-Paul

Olivier Rabourdin as Marc

Laetitia Spigarelli as Juliett

Gilles Cohen as Jean-Luc

Marie Rivière as The tailoress

Eric Elmosnino as Raymond

Robinson Stévenin as Julien

Laurent Grévill as Arthur

Pascal Bongard as The priest

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External links

Actrices at IMDb

Text from Actrices on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actrices

Trivia

It premiered on December 26, 2007, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h47 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Actrices".
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosWild Bunch, Fidélité Productions, Virtual Films
CountriesFrance
LanguagesFrench, Italian
StatusReleased

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Jeanne Lapoirie Cinematography
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Director
Anne Weil Editing
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Editing
Marc Missonnier Producer
Olivier Delbosc Producer
Agnès de Sacy Writer
Noémie Lvovsky Writer
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Writer

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What is Actresses about?

Actresses: Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev’s A Month in the Country. Denis, the director, admires her greatly and promises he’ll make her happy on stage — she will shine. But things don’t go to plan.

Who directed Actresses?

Actresses was directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in 2007.

Who stars in Actresses?

The cast of Actresses includes Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Noémie Lvovsky, Mathieu Amalric, Louis Garrel and Marisa Borini.

How long is Actresses?

Actresses runs for 107 minutes, or 1h47.