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Unifrance 10 Talents to Watch: Adam Bessa, Sayyid El Alami, Lou Lampros, Megan Northam Among Voices Leading French Cinema
Unifrance, the French promotional film organization, celebrated rising stars at this year’s Rendez-Vous in Paris.
A veteran of war films like “Mosul” and of the “Extraction” action franchise, Franco-Tunisian star Adam Bessa emphasized a more taciturn stillness in Meryam Joobeur’s Berlin-launched “Who Do I Belong To” and in Jonathan Millet’s Cannes Critics Week opener “Ghost Trail” to phenomenal acclaim. Coming off breakout roles in the Netflix thriller “Messiah” and the Disney+ French original “Oussekine,” Sayyid El Alami had a stellar 2024 festival run with his work in Antoine Chevrollier’s Cannes-launched “Block Pass” and Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma’s Venice contender “And Their Children After Them.” After her roles in Jeremy Clapin’s Berlin-selected “Meanwhile on Earth” and Mareike Engelhardt’s D’Ornano-Valenti prizewinner “Rabia,” Megan Northam will next appear in Harris Dickinson’s (English-language) directorial debut and in Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s series about the Bataclan attacks, “Des Vivants.”
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