Marion Cotillard talks about working with the Dardenne Brothers
How was your experience working with the Dardenne brothers?Source: http://variety.com/2013/film/news/marion-cotillard-talks-the-immigrant -lady-macbeth-scorsese-and-the-dardennes-brothers-1200929877/
We’ve just finished shooting. What I can say is that when I began working in the U.S., I started to think that all those amazing, greatest directors I never thought I could work with, suddenly … I realized it was not unreachable anymore. But there were two people for me who were unreachable: Bruno Dumont and the Dardennes Brothers. When my agent told me they wanted me to meet with them, I genuinely thought it was a joke. Then I thought it would be a totally different movie than what they do usually, because they do stories in their hometown.
With all due respect for all the directors I worked with, this experience was the greatest of my life as an actress, so I hope it’ll be good. They push the actors so far in the detail. That’s the relationship that I’d always expected with directors. That was idyllic.
[...] Moral decisions are also central to her forthcoming turn in the Dardenne brothers’ Two Days, One Night. The film is expected to land at Cannes in May and Cotillard says, “The way they do cinema is everything that I love – and they pushed me as much as they could, and I was ready for anything. It’s hard to talk about the movie, because they are still editing and I haven’t seen it yet...” The film is about a woman who will not be made redundant if she can persuade bankers to forego their bonuses. She adds, “Okay, I know the set-up is fake.”Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/marion- cotillardon-life-after-edith-piaf-9035321.html
Fake or not, the plot is intriguing, and with Cotillard starring, it’s one of the most anticipated films of 2014.
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