The burning girl sets the United States on fire . Adèle Haenel, one of her two heroines (with Noémie Merlant) has just signed a contract with one of the largest agencies of American artists, the news site Deadline announced on Tuesday. The French actress thus joins the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which manages the interests of many Hollywood stars.
Already represented in France by the Time-Art agency, the actress signs for the first time a contract across the Atlantic. Should this be seen as a sign of a future career in Hollywood?
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Among the actors and actresses represented by the CAA include Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, Robert De Niro and Julia Roberts. In terms of French cinema, Marion Cotillard, Adèle Exarchopoulos and even Léa Seydoux have signed a similar agreement with this same agency.
Portrait of the young girl on fire thus continues to seduce the United States, where Céline Sciamma's feature film has received a fairly favorable critical reception. The work won a nomination for the best foreign language film at the Golden Globes this year. But it was difficult for him against Parasite . Its release in American theaters is scheduled for February 14.
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Adèle Haenel is competing this year for the César for best actress. The 31-year-old actress had already won the award five years ago, for Thomas Cailley's Les Combattants , after having received, a year earlier, that of the best actress in a supporting role for Suzanne .
While waiting for the César verdict, which will take place on February 28, Adèle Haenel multiplies the projects. It is in the clip From my soul to your soul of the electro group Kompromat that we find the actress, the smile and the cigarette on the lips. Directed by Claire Burger ( Party Girl , C'est ça d' amour ), the video sounds like a tribute to L'Enfer , a film unfinished in 1964 by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Romy Schneider. Under the glitter and neon lights, the actress hammers out sentences in German "Der Regen wäscht uns von allen Sünden / Rain rinses us of all sins" , before joining on the chorus the voice of Rebeka Warrior.
Adèle Haenel will return to the big screen on May 6, with The heroes never die by Aude-Léa Rapin.