Cannes 2009: Gainsbourg Deservingly wins for Best Actress

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Charlotte Gainsbourg reached news depths in her ultra risky role (complete nudity and some hand gestures) in the must talked about film on the Croisette this year (Antichrist). The jury mostly comprised of female actresses obviously saw something that was striking in the perf. Thanking her father last – she mentioned that “she hopes (her father) would have been happy to have been shocked.”

Here is Gainsbourg’s career so far.

Persecution (2008), directed by Patrice Chéreau
I’m not there (2007), directed by Todd Haynes
The golden door (2007) directed by Emanuele Crialese
Prête-moi ta main (How to Get Married and Stay Single, 2006)
directed by Eric Lartigau
The science of sleep (2006), directed by Michel Gondry
l’un reste, l’autre part (One Stays, the Other Leaves, 2004)
directed by Claude Berri
Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d’enfants (They Lived Happily
Ever After, 2004) directed by Yvan Attal
21 grams (2004), directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Ma femme est une actrice (My Wife Is an Actress, 2000) directed by Yvan Attal
La bûche (Season’s Beatings, 1999), directed by Danièle Thompson
Jane Eyre (1996), directed by Franco Zeffirelli
The cement garden (1992), directed by Andrew Birkin
La petite voleuse (The Little Thief, 1988), directed by Claude Miller
L’effrontée (Impudent Girl, 1985), directed by Claude Miller

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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