The 13-year-old daughter of Louis Garrel and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Oumy will star in
Neneh Superstar in January:
a film about the world of classical dance, in which a little black girl joins the Opera school from Paris.
Despite her enthusiasm, the support of her parents and the director of the Opera, she quickly comes face to face with the rigidity of this environment and with the formidable Madeleine Belage (Maïwenn), a school principal who guarantees traditions who does not seem to recognize her talent, and with whom she is connected by a mysterious secret.
Neneh will have to redouble his efforts to find a place for himself within the prestigious institution.
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Oumy Bruni Garrel was adopted in Senegal in 2009 at the age of 4 months.
His parents Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Louis Garrel met on the set of the film
Les Actresses
in 2002 and were in a relationship between 2007 and 2012. After a promising debut on the big screen (a first role in 2018 in
Les Estivants
, directed by his mother, then an appearance in 2021 in her father's film
The Crusades
), this is an important role for the young actress.
Neneh superstar
is a dramatic and social comedy by director Ramzi Ben Sliman (
Grand hôtel Barbès
,
Ma Révolution
), with Aïssa Maïga and Steve Tientcheu who play Neneh's parents, but also Cédric Kahn.
The film, produced by Gaumont, will be released in theaters on January 25, 2023.
In video,
Les Amandiers
, the trailer
