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Sylvie Testud

posted 20 years ago by dsm72
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How well known is she as an actress in France? How many films of hers are available with English subtitles? I thought she was really impressive in Fear and Trembling.

[–] LMcAlpin-1 19 years ago

The only film of hers I have seen in the US is something that was released under the English title, "Murderous Maids" (International: English title) which was filmed in French, for which she won the French equivalent of an Oscar (forget what they call it). Based on a real story that was also the basis for Genet's "The Maids". Another excellent performance by Sylvie. She does a lot of work in Europe that never makes it over here.

[–] starring_tanya 19 years ago

Yeah... I thought she was great too. It is a pity she is not well known in the USA.

[–] BernardDB 19 years ago

Sylvie Testud : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856500/

[–] alexkmatbe 18 years ago

She's pretty well known in France, and has been in a few films, already - most of them quite good. However, I doubt they'd be available with English subtitles.

The French equivalent of the Oscar is the Cesar.

[–] diddymuck 17 years ago

She is one of the most recognized faces in France, taking the spot once occupied by Isabel Huppard. A brilliant, yet cute/fuzzy person with a chameleon like flexibility in her roles. All at once sweet, pixie-ish, stern, vulnerable, contemplative, and unpredictable. Blessed with an infectious smile coupled with an identifible sense of yearning that's just one half a notch below sexual. Her immense success is verification of her natural affinity for her profession. In short, I like her.

[–] ALB 17 years ago

Look for the one whose English title is Beyond Silence. It's on DVD. The score is also excellent.

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[–] Synergy-5 16 years ago

I am a French-Canadian who has lived most of my life in English Canada. I also happen to be extremely interested in cultures, but some more than others. The Japanese culture is one of those ones that interests me the most. I saw "Fear and Trembling", and although I think that this is the first movie with Sylvie Testud I have seen, she seems familiar to me. To me, she looks almost exactly like one of my favourite anglophone Canadian actresses, Megan Follows. Still, from the research I have done, I am not really sure if she was really right for the part. I have seen pictures of the real Amélie, and although white, she is dark-haired, dark-eyed and seems really small and petite, and looks almost Eurasian. I remember reading somewhere that someone was watching a documentary or something of the sort on Amélie, and from her looks, etc. he believed she was Eurasian (half French-Belgian, half Japanese), and I can see his point. Not that Sylvie Testud was not remarkable, but she is really fair, and could not be mistaken for anything like a Japanese/Asian person at all. Just one interesting point I thought I would bring up.