Emma Luchini: “Getting the character in the actors and vice versa works very well with inspiring actors”

This year’s César for best short (category of ‘Meilleur film de court-métrage’) went to “La femme de Rio,” directed by French filmmaker Emma Luchini (b. 1979). It was her second short a…

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Manu Payet: “As an actor, you must ask yourself what makes you, your work and your character unique”

In his home country, French all-round actor Manu Payet (39) is primarily known as a celebrated comedian. Starting his career on radio, first on his native area, the island of La Réunion in the Indi…

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Christian Carion: “Hitchcock taught me the grammar of making movies”

French film director Christian Carion surprised the world of movies ten years ago when he captured in his second and highly acclaimed film “Joyeux Noël” the tragedy, the madness and the hell of war…

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