In the car taking her to the Grand Théâtre, where she is to present a preview of her first film,
Robuste
, with Gérard Depardieu and Déborah Lukumuena (national release on March 2), the young director Constance Meyer is kindly addressed by the driver:
"Tell me, do you get nervous when you go on stage to present your film?"
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Seated in the back, six and a half months pregnant, the young woman smiled.
“Yes, we always have a little stage fright,
she answers with simplicity.
It's not an exercise that I particularly enjoy, but you get used to it.
At Cannes last July, I was really scared when I presented
Robuste
to an audience of journalists as part of Critics' Week.
Since then, I've tanned my skin a bit, in particular by participating in a few festivals in the provinces.
Basically, what I like the most is the meeting with the public after the session…”
For more than thirty years, the Angers festival has been a festival for discovering young talents.
This year in particular, we are seeing the rise of talented young female directors
Claude-Éric Poiroux, Managing Director and Artistic Director of Premiers Plans
Constance Meyer, a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts in New York, where she made her…
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