Annette opens the Cannes Film Festival
1905 Film Network News The film "Annette" debuted at the 74th Cannes International Film Festival in July 7, and received a high rating of 3 out of 5 in the "Screen" magazine. After the screening, Annette held a press conference, in attendance of director Leo Carax, lead actors Marion Cotillard, Simon Herberg and the screenwriter and soundtrack spark brothers (Ron Meier and Russell Meier), and the actor Adam Dreifer was absent.
Annette was Carax's first English-language film and the first time to shoot a song and dance film, And Carax said he loved music since he was a child, listening to spark brothers songs at the age of 13, "I always wanted to make a movie about music, but I always thought it was impossible because I couldn't compose music." When I was younger, music rejected me, so I had to find someone else to help. ”
Director Leo Carracus and actress Marion Cotillard attend a press conference in Cannes
Looking back at the creation of Annette, the Spark Brothers revealed that nine years ago, they wrote the original music for Annette and recorded it into an album, which they wanted to make into a movie and star in the roles of Adam Dreifer and Simon Hellberg in the film. Later they met the director Carax in Cannes, who was attending the Cannes Film Festival with "The Sacred Carriage", and the Spark Brothers loved Carax's film, and the two sides also decided to make the music and script story of "Annette" into a movie.
Annette tells the story of a Hollywood couple and their daughter Annette, husband Henry is a stand-up comedian, and wife Ann is an opera star, which is both their love story and the story of their mysterious daughter Annette.
Marion Cotillard plays an opera actress
Marion Cotillard said that this was her first exposure to opera for film, and she was deeply shocked by the charm of the actors to convey emotions through singing. "Usually when making a musical, you record the song in the studio and then lip-sync it on set. "Annette" is live singing and acting, which means that the sound of singing changes with every movement of the body, and I was trained to sing while walking, such as running, walking and bending. Singing like a cigarette, you can't imagine how hard it is. ”
Marion revealed that every day of shooting, there will be unpredictable things, such as suddenly having to wear 30-centimeter high heels to sing on a narrow path, "This is the only time I have said I can't do it, because I think it will break my leg." 」 Marion once won the Oscar for best actress for the musical biopic "Life of the Rose", and when a reporter asked whether the two films were better or worse, she responded that although they were both musical films, she could not make any comparisons.
Marion shares behind the scenes and understanding of the characters
Character Ann craves fame in the film, but in Marion Cotillard's view, she is for recognition rather than fame, "We all feel the same way, we all want to be recognized and loved by the people closest to us." It's interesting to me because even though I've gotten a lot of validation, I still have this need within me, and I'm thinking, it's the need that makes you want to be liked and recognized by people who don't know you. ”
It is reported that the movie "Annette" landed on the French cinema line at the same time as the premiere in Cannes, and will also be launched on the network platform in North America on August 20.