Stella, Étienne, Victor, Adèle and a few other young theater enthusiasts joined the Amandiers school in Nanterre, created by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans.
These are the 1980s and, as their future on stage takes shape, the horizon also darkens for apprentice actors: AIDS is spreading, and Étienne, with whom Stella has fallen in love, sinks a little every day. more into addiction.
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This story of art and love, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi lived it nearly thirty-five years ago, and transposes it into her fifth feature film.
A portrait of an insolent and intrepid youth, a declaration of love for the theater and the spirit of the troupe, an x-ray of an era,
Les Amandiers
also offers the actress the opportunity to pay tribute to Patrice Chéreau, her teacher and mentor who, following school, directed her in
Rêve d'automne,
at the theater, and
Hôtel de France
or
Those who love me will take the train,
At the movie theater.
In love with her actors, whose energy she sublimates with her organic and nervous staging, the director finds in Nadia Tereszkiewicz her “fictional double”, a great romantic heroine both heartbreaking with sadness and irresistible with vitality.
Les Amandiers
, by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, with Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Sofiane Bennacer, Louis Garrel… Release scheduled for November 16.
In video, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi presents
Les Amandiers
at the 75th Cannes Film Festival
