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Why ’Ari’ Helmer Léonor Serraille Thinks a Low Profile Serves Her Best as Director: ‘You Have to Remain at Eye Level, and You Have to Blend in’
'Ari’ helmer Leonor Saraille thinks a low profile helps her as a director
Léonor Serraille has had a career most young directors would dream of — winning the Camera d’Or for her 2017 debut “Montparnasse Bienvenue” before launching her sophomore feature, “Mother and Son,” from Cannes’ competition in 2022. Those instincts are on stark display in Serraille’s Golden Bear contender, “Ari.” Shot on Super 16 film stock and styled to accent raw emotion, bereft of makeup or vanity, the director’s latest project follows a young student teacher whose life begins to spiral after he breaks down on the job. Serraille developed the project through workshops at France’s national acting conservatory, filling the cast with trainees from its ranks to catch a certain caught-on-the-fly feel — but she also tapped into a more self-revealing register, shooting in locales she knew well from over a decade in Lille, and drawing from personal and professional frustrations.
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