On the set of "Quotidien" on Tuesday, September 7, Timothée Chalamet expressed his admiration for Jean-Paul Belmondo, who died the day before.
Breathless
, directed by Jean-Luc Godard in 1960, happens to be his favorite film.
The young prodigy is passionate about French cinema, or at least for those who direct in one of his mother tongues.
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"I would really, really, really love to work on a French film or on a French-Canadian film,"
the 25-year-old actor told AFP. During a round table before the release of
Dune,
the adaptation of the eponymous novel by Franck Herbert, he said he was "
a great admirer of many directors who have worked in French"
, citing François Ozon, Xavier Dolan and Jacques Audiard .
Denis Villeneuve, director of
Dune
, a film with a colossal budget of 165 million dollars, speaks of his recruit as "
an extraordinary talent"
as there is only one
"per decade"
, according to AFP.
During the shooting, he saw in him
"the maturity necessary to carry this character"
of Paul Atréides.
“It's this idea of crazy charisma.
Timothée is a rock star.
The camera loves it, ”
added the Canadian filmmaker.
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Timothée Chalamet was born in December 27, 1995 in New York from the union of a French father and an American mother. Part of his childhood was spent in Chambon-sur-Lignon, in Haute-Loire, where his family liked to stay for the holidays. In the private sphere as in the seventh art, Chalamet remains very close to France. In addition to
Dune
, he is featured in
The French Dispatch,
Wes Anderson's latest feature film, selected in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The largely American cast includes French actors in its important roles, such as Léa Seydoux and Mathieu Amalric.
The film takes place (of course) in France, in the fictional village of Ennui-sur-Blasé, a caricature of Paris.
The story follows the adventures of the American newspaper
The French Dispatch
, firmly determined to give news from France to America.
The editor-in-chief immediately dispatched journalists to investigate the country.
Articles on Franco-French subjects will be coming out soon: art, gastronomy, and May 1968.
The French Dispatch
is expected in French theaters on October 27th.
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, the magic lantern of Wes Anderson
While waiting for the next film (French, who knows) starring Timothée Chalamet,
Dune
by Denis Villeneuve is released in theaters on September 15.
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