The death at the age of 32 of South African actress Charlbi Dean, heroine of
Without Filter
, Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, is a
"shock and a tragedy",
said Wednesday August 31 the Swedish director of the film, Ruben Ostlund.
"
It's an honor to have known her and to have worked with her,"
said the filmmaker on Instagram.
The actress and model
"had an application and a sensitivity that lifted her colleagues and the entire film crew",
praised Ruben Östlund, crowned at the end of May with a second Cannes Palme d'Or, five years after
The Square
.
"To think that she won't be with us in the future makes me very sad,"
he said.
The death of the young actress, which occurred on Monday August 29 in New York for a reason still unknown, was confirmed on Tuesday August 30 by a spokesperson.
In Unfiltered
(
Triangle of Sadness in the original version),
Charlbi
Dean plays Yaya, a supermodel and influencer, obsessed with her image and her career, who is offered a luxury cruise with her boyfriend, also a model.
After starting child modeling, Charlbi Dean had started an acting career at the age of 20, with two first South African films:
Spud
in 2010 and
Spud 2
in 2013, with John Cleese in particular.
We also saw her in 2017 in an American horror film,
Don't Sleep
, and the following year in
Interview with God
(
An Interview with God
).
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