Barbara

A director and an actress are working together to make a film about the legendary French singer-songwriter Barbara - and are seduced beyond their imagination. An actress is getting ready to play Barbara, the French singer. The shoot is about to start. The actress is working on her character, her voice, the songs, scores, studying her gestures, knitting, learning scenes. Things are going well, there is progress, development, she is even overwhelmed. The film director also works, through his encounters, through archives and the music, and let's himself be submerged, overwhelmed like the actress, by the actress.

Keywords

  • Berlinale
  • Biopics
  • Cannes: Un Certain Regard
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Festival de Cannes - Tax Shelter
  • Joachim Lafosse’s favourite films
  • Les César du cinéma

Actors

  • Aurore Clément
  • Jeanne Balibar
  • Grégoire Colin
  • Mathieu Amalric
  • Vincent Peirani

Director

  • Mathieu Amalric

Biography, Drama


1h 37min


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France
2017
A director and an actress are working together to make a film about the legendary French singer-songwriter Barbara - and are seduced beyond their imagination.

A director and an actress are working together to make a film about the legendary French singer-songwriter Barbara - and are seduced beyond their imagination.


An actress is getting ready to play Barbara, the French singer. The shoot is about to start. The actress is working on her character, her voice, the songs, scores, studying her gestures, knitting, learning scenes. Things are going well, there is progress, development, she is even overwhelmed. The film director also works, through his encounters, through archives and the music, and let's himself be submerged, overwhelmed like the actress, by the actress.

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