![]() ![]() How did you feel about that?ĭUCOURNAU: I didn’t expect anything, which is great because I didn’t want to go up and make a speech on the stage, which is very frightening. It was the first time a French Palme d’Or has not made it into category in the history of the prizes. There are various other environments I have to explore but it doesn’t mean it will take place in New York.ĭEADLINE: Going back to Titane, the film was snubbed in France’s César awards earlier this year, after it failed to be nominated in the best film category. I won’t only be spending time at the hospital. I’ll go there, I’ll meet people and I’ll write. They have various residencies across the U.S. Villa Albertine is a writing residency like Villa Medici in Rome, which I did for Raw. I never say anythingĭEADLINE: Will the residency result in a piece of work?ĭUCOURNAU: No. I don’t know if you remember before Cannes, Titane had been finished for quite a few months, but the synopsis I gave to Cannes was the definition of what titanium is. I’m kind of mischievous about this sort of thing. The most famous one.ĭEADLINE: Can you give a bit more detail?ĭUCOURNAU: I can’t talk about it. ![]() Is that still correct?ĭUCOURNAU: No, it’s a hospital in New York. with the French Villa Albertine program, what does that involve?ĭUCOURNAU: In 2023, I’ll go to SXSW and then afterwards I’m going to New York for three months for the residencyĭEADLINE: The blurb on the Villa Albertine website says that you will be investigating the world of skin surgery at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A, and meeting with tattoo artists from the NY Empire State Tattoo Expo. It’s just characters, whether there is genre or not.ĭEADLINE: I read that you’re doing a residency in the U.S. I’m not saying it’s easy but they allow themselves to go far, to take risks.ĭEADLINE: The series is very different from your genre-led works Raw and Titane?ĭUCOURNAU: I don’t need genre or horror to be involved in order for me to relate to a story or a character and to have ideas to portray these emotions. ![]() When you have actors like this, you feel like you’ve struck gold. The two leads are two actors I wanted to work with, Juliette Binoche and Ben Mendelsohn. He is very convincing and a very sensitive person, which I appreciate. As long as I relate and the characters talk to me and I believe I can film them with love, I can do it.ĭUCOURNAU: Many things. Directing is also a way of telling a story and it’s not that different from writing, it’s just you have other tools. Now I am back to writing.ĭEADLINE: How is it directing other people’s material?ĭUCOURNAU: I’ve done it on other things, such as M. So it’s good to hop on a project like that. I do this because I am writing right now, but if you just write and you never set foot on a set for three, or four years, that’s horrendous. JULIA DUCOURNAU: I was shooting a TV show the whole summer that’s not mine, The New Look for Apple. Having spent this summer filming two episodes of the Apple TV+ series The New Look, starring Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior and Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel, she is now gearing up to participate in France’s Villa Albertine artist residency program in New York.ĭeadline caught up with the director in the gardens of Marrakech’s Mamounia Hotel ahead of her In Conversation talk.ĭEADLINE: How have you been decompressing after your eventful 2021? Ducournau takes that combination to another level in a witty, uncomfortable scene that follows.'Scarlet' Review: Pietro Marcello's Period Drama Is A Film Of Many Parts ![]() Extreme notions of masculinity are visualised when the male firefighters dance to Gabba music, lit like a pop video, aggressive but homoerotic. He’s also oozing OTT macho energy, injecting what presumably is steroids while quietly crumbling when no one is looking. Lindon is terrific in this role, welling up convincingly as he struggles to deal with loss while attempting to pretend it never happened. There’s a touching story of grief and denial as Vincent deludes himself about his long-lost son. But behind its high-octane exterior there are fascinating themes that Ducournau begins to explore. With a pulsating soundtrack and a visual aesthetic that alternates between strip club and abattoir, Titane also is a shock-driven genre film that has plenty of violent, squirm-inducing moments. Prepare yourself for quite the gender reveal. She finds shelter in a fire station with a chief, Vincent ( Vincent Lindon), who has lost his son. Alexia has a sexual encounter with/in a vehicle that brings extraordinary consequences, then ends up on the run posing as a man. America On Pedro Costa's Cannes Title 'The Daughters Of Fire' Plots Hong Sangsoo's 'In Water' Double BillĮither way, unwanted attention leads to gruesome ends, but that is just the beginning. ![]()
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