Catherine Corsini is not the type to let things go! She defends tooth and nail The return, powerful film discovered in Cannes last May and victim of rumors of mistreatment on the set. “I am straight in my boots, she explains to 20 minutes. We have not received any complaints: the interpreters and the team support us. Now is the time to talk about the movie itself and not make it pay for ridiculous polemics and unfair accusations. »
The returnit is the very touching story of a nanny (played by Aissatou Diallo Sagna, discovered and Caesarized thanks to The divide, Catherine Corsini’s previous film) who returns to Corsica for the first time years after the death of her husband from the island. His two teenage daughters accompany him for a stay where past and present intertwine around women at different ages in their lives. “I wanted to put forward a positive image of racialized young girls, far from the received ideas that are often conveyed about them”, specifies the filmmaker.
nothing shocking
“It’s a very sweet film that doesn’t open the door to any controversy when you see it, but the public still has to know of its existence, specifies Elisabeth Perez, producer of the film, to 20 minutes. Our fear is that he will be made invisible by these stories when the Labor Inspectorate has just told me verbally that there were no grounds for prosecution. Indeed, anyone who discovers The return will not see the slightest shocking scene, but will meet two brilliant young actresses: Esther Gohourou and Suzy Bemba, remarkable newcomers in the roles of sisters with opposite but complementary characters. “It is for my actresses that I fight, insists Catherine Corsini. They did an outstanding job and deserve the movie to be seen for their performances. His heroines win over people with their vital energy and their freshness. We promise a great career to these unknowns which should not remain so for very long.
The returna film as moving as it is generous, is full of such tenderness for its characters that we can only wish it to be able to meet its audience.