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Wikipedia article




'A Radiant Girl' is a 2021 French drama film written and directed by Sandrine Kiberlain in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Rebecca Marder as a young Jewish girl aspiring to become an actress during the occupation of France. The film premiered in the International Critics' Week section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Camra d'Or.

Premise



In 1942, 19-year-old Irne is a young Jewish girl living in Paris. She has a passion for theatre and dreams of becoming an actress. Irne rehearses Marivaux's 'L'preuve' to prepare for an entrance exam to the conservatory.

Cast



* Rebecca Marder as Irne

* Andr Marcon as Andr, Irne's father

* Anthony Bajon as Igor, Irne's brother

* India Hair as Viviane, Irne's friend

* Franoise Widhoff as Marceline, Irne's grandmother

* Florence Viala as Josiane, a neighbor

* Ben Attal as Jo

* Cyril Metzger as Jacques

* Jean Chevalier as Gilbert

Production



In May 2017, Sandrine Kiberlain revealed in an interview with 'Elle' magazine that she would be preparing her first feature film and that it was be a long-term project, which would require a lot of time and work. In an interview with 'Gala' magazine, Kiberlain called the film "extremely personal" and explained, "I had the story in me for ten years, and it took me a long year to write it, alone."

Filming began on 17 July 2020 in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, for a period of 5 weeks. Filming concluded in August 2020 in Vexin, which included shots at Nesles-la-Valle on the Sausseron river, as well as a road between Hdouville and Ronquerolles in the Val-d'Oise department.

Release



The film was selected as a special screening in the International Critics' Week section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 8 July 2021. It had its theatrical release in France through Ad Vitam Distribution on 26 January 2022.

Reception



Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 7.00/10.

Jonathan Romney of 'Screen Daily' praised the "highly appealing effusiveness" of Marder's performance but criticized Kiberlain's stylistic choices and the film's "heavy-handed" conclusion: "'A Radiant Girl' is highly theatrical [...] in its emphasis on the nature of stage performance which often gets the film bogged down in backstage discussion of a sort that can too easily feel alienating to film audiences. This only adds to the awkwardness of a film that - especially in its treatment of one of the gravest topics in modern French history - ultimately feels as callow as its heroine."

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