This November 29, 2024, Audrey Tautou reveals herself in a photographic book spanning her years in cinema. An entertaining and fascinating work which explores the underside of her profession as an actress, in search, dissecting its different facets. Portrait of a star with tender simplicity.
Amazing roles, magnetic aura punctuated with a grain of madness, Audrey Tautou is having fun like a great actress. An introspection that she explores in all lightness throughout her career, capturing selected moments, from the filming of a large production to a self-directed production in the heart of nature. Of the spontaneous and humorous photographic stories which offer an alternative look at the actress. Deconstruction of her star image, Audrey Tautou trades the superficial for a Superfacial which exposes all its nuances.
Other faces too, those of 500 journalists immortalized during the promotion of his films, but also self-portraits in front of the mirror, deep in reflection with himself. Intimate texts, filming archives, memories, silhouettes of a moment… In his book of photographs, Audrey Tautou mixes objects and subjects found during his travels. A look back at the cinema of the actress who has a gift for putting herself on stage.
25 years of cinema
In 1999, Audrey Tautou was 23 years old when she responded to Nathalie Baye In Venus Beauty (Institute)a dramatic comedy where she plays a beautician who soothes the misfortunes of her clients with beauty treatments. A first role in front of the camera which sets the tone for her sensitive performance, rewarded with a César for Most Promising Actress. Magnetic gaze and candid air, she landed the title role in The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain of Jean-Pierre Jeunet in 2001, which earned her the Chopard Trophy for Female Revelation at the 54th Cannes Film Festival. Mischievous heroineshe illuminates the life of Nino Quincampoix (Mathieu Kassovitz) but also that of spectators from all over the world who dream of her as a guardian angel. Second French success on a global scale, Amélie Poulain plunges Audrey Tautou into the deep end. Three years later, the actress reunited with the popular filmmaker and displayed her fragile beauty as a romantic bride against the backdrop of the First World War with A long engagement Sunday.
Even more assertive, she is stepping up her game by leaving Paris for the United States, with the role of agent Sophie Neveu in Da Vinci Codes by Ron Howard in 2006. Pursuit with Tom Hanksdeliberation with Ian McKellenrounds at the Louvre with Jean Reno… Tautou opens the big door to American productions. It is also with the support of Warner Bros that she lends her features to Gabrielle Chanel before Coco, in the biopic ofAnne Fontaine. Audrey Tautou is also a loyalty to his beloved filmmakers. Femme Chanel N°5, the fashion designer's interpreter, is filmed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet for the advertising film for the iconic perfume, marking their third collaboration. A sense of loyalty that she also applies with Pierre Salvadoriin 2006 with Overpricedin 2010 with Real lies and in 2018 with On the loose!. But also and above all in front of Cédric Klapisch's camera, evolving his character of Martine in the saga of The Spanish Innspanning a decade, alongside on-screen partner Romain Duris.
From a madness of Michael Gondry strolling Tran Anh Hungwithout forgetting a sentimental waltz of Stéphane and David Foenkinosthe actress explores the facets of a fragile and spontaneous game that she has been able to evolve. Audrey Tautou is a whole.
His photographic book Superfacial can be discovered from November 29, 2024, from Fisheye editions.
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