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Joséphine Japy Talks Reunion With Mélanie Laurent On Personal Drama ‘The Wonderers’ About Life With A Sister Struck By Disability + Clip – Cannes Q&A


Joséphine Japy On Journey To Reuniting With Mélanie Laurent On Personal Drama 'The Wonderers' About Living With A Sister With Disabilities - Cannes

French actress Joséphine Japy is in Cannes with feature directorial debut The Wonderers about a family navigating the severe disability of their non-verbal youngest daughter and the challenge of securing a diagnosis. Laurent plays the mother opposite Canadian actor Pierre-Yves Cardinal, with Angelina Woreth and Sarah Pachoud as the older and younger sisters. Set against the backdrop of a summer on the French riviera, the drama revolves around the Roussier family and its fragile equilibrium shaped by the uncertain diagnosis of their youngest daughter, 13-year-old Bertille.

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