They were rivals to the Caesars. It was Nadia Tereszkiewicz who won for The Almond Trees against Rebecca Marder for A young girl who is well, but that did not taint their complicity. The two actresses are complementary in my crime by Francois Ozon. The first, blonde as wheat, plays an aspiring actress accused of having killed a producer and the second, sparkling brunette, is her best friend, a lawyer in charge of defending her in Paris in the 1930s.
“François Ozon has dusted off the piece by Louis Verneuil and Georges Berr to give it a more modern and very amusing feminist side”, explains Rebecca Marder to 20 minutes. The director of Thanks to God And peter von kant didn’t do just that. He found a whimsical tone between 8 Women And Vase to surround the two fine flies with a string of big names: Isabelle Huppert, Dany Boon, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier and Régis Laspalès.
A tasty treat
“Nadia and I immediately recognized each other in our way of working,” explains Rebecca Marder. As François Ozon is also a cameraman on his films, this gave us great freedom, because he was close to us to encourage us to express our ideas and then helped us to refine them. It is an impression of a homogeneous troop that emerges from this painting of an old-fashioned Paris where judge, policeman, businessman, fallen star and journalist wander around with humor for the greatest pleasure of the spectator.
“There was something joyful about getting together,” recalls Nadia Tereszkiewicz. All of them from different backgrounds with the game as a common passion and François Ozon as conductor who adores his performers. The jubilation is constant in front of these numbers cut to the line to highlight each performance. There emerges from the whole a playful suspense on the destinies of heroines resolved to find fortune and glory in an extremely masculine world. “Nobody was trying to pull the cover, insists Rebecca Marder. Everyone was on the same very spirited register. This constant good humor is one of the major assets of a comedy that is as tasty as a delicacy from which one emerges enchanted.