Deva Cassel, who has been walking the catwalks since the age of 14, is taking her first steps in the cinema in an Italian film entitled Le Bel Été, in theaters on November 27.
Perhaps the start of a career in cinema. Deva Cassel, 20 years old, daughter of Vincent Cassel and Monica Belluci, will appear in her first film.
Released in 2023 in Italy, La bella estate (The beautiful summer) is only arriving on French screens now, and the French public will be able to discover it on Wednesday November 27.
This film by Laura Lucchetti is based on a novel by the Italian writer Cesare Pavese and is set in 1938. It follows a young woman, Ginia (Yile Vianello) who comes from the Piedmontese countryside to settle in Turin. There she meets Amelia (Deva Cassel), who poses for painters and fascinates her.
A Netflix series
On Instagram, the young actress called this experience “one of the most amazing, interesting, fun, deep and enriching of (her) life.”
Deva Cassel will also appear in 2025 in a Netflix series, from the same director entitled The Cheetah. It is a television adaptation of the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, from which the famous film by Luchino Visconti with Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale is based.
A first preview of this six-episode mini-series was broadcast a few days ago. Deva Cassel will play the role of Angelica Sedara, played by Claudia Cardinale in 1963.
She will also be seen in another film, titled Bethlehemby Mexican director Alejandro Monteverde (Sound of Freedom), with Ben Mendelsohn, Gael Garcia Bela and Sam Worthington.
Until now, the young woman who grew up between Paris and Rome, was best known for her work as a model. Muse of Dolce Gabbana like her mother, this model with precocious beauty has walked the catwalks around the world, and appeared on the covers of the biggest fashion magazines, Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, since the age of 14.
