Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne went with established Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard to lead their last movie, "Two Days, One Night," and the filmmakers aren’t done snagging top talent. She may not be a huge name yet, but Adèle Haenel is already a two time César Award winner, taking back-to-back trophies in 2014 for Best Supporting Actress in "Suzanne" and this year for Best Actress for "Love At First Fight." And she’ll feature in what may be her biggest movie yet.
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Production company Les Films Du Fleuve has announced that the sibling directors have tapped Haenel to lead their next film, "La fille Inconnue" ("The Unknown Girl"). She’ll take the role of Jenny, a young doctor who feels guilty after a young woman she refused to see winds up dead a few days later. She then decides to find out who the girl was, after the police can’t identify the young woman.
It’s an intriguing premise, and another story that like "Two Days, One Night," seems to brush upon social issues to some degree. Filming will begin this fall, and so might as well save a Cannes Film Festival slot for this one in 2016.
I didn\’t think too much of her in Love at First Fight, but honestly think she\’s absolutely perfect for a Rosetta type Dardenne film. She\’s very low key and always a little bit angry, which I think will be exciting to see.
@Sam: LOL
@Sam: Please just stop with calling actresses that are recieving praise for their work overrated…you are not a professional critic, you are just a fan of the other actresses.
she was great in water lillies
Had to side-eye a couple of the Cesar actress awards this year, they seemed so out of place. Cotillard should have won for sure. The PR machines are working overtime promoting these younger actresses. At least this film has a more interesting premise than some.
Adèle Haenel = French Jennifer Lawrence – an overrated actress that people try very hard to make her the next big thing until someone else shows up and replace her. Her winning the César this year over Cotillard and Binoche was a joke! just like Lawrence\’s Oscar.
"she\’ll feature in what may be her biggest movie yet" A Dardennes movie will be her biggest movie? are you kidding? their films don\’t have a big audience neither a big international acclaim except for Two Days, One Night, but that was thanks to Cotillard.
This is the movie that they were planning to do with Marion Cotillard until they changed to Two Days, One Night, they mentioned it in their Variety interview awhile ago.
She was phenomenal in \’Naissance des Pieuvres\’!