Sandrine Kiberlain is “Sarah Bernhardt, the divine”, in the new film by Guillaume Nicloux, at the cinema this Wednesday. The story of a “loving, free and modern” woman, known internationally as an actress in particular.
What is it about?
Paris, 1896. Sarah Bernhardt is at the height of her glory. Icon of her time and first world star, the actress is also a lover, free and modern, who defies conventions. Meet the woman behind the legend.
Sandrine Kiberlain is Sarah Bernhardt! This Wednesday, December 18, the actress is starring in the feature film titled Sarah Bernhardt, la divine. The film directed by Guillaume Nicloux, written by Nathalie Leuthreau, focuses on 30 years of the life of this artist.
“Like everyone, I think, I had an idea pretty vague about who Sarah Bernhardt was. I was told that she was “the world’s first star”, a “sacred monster”, that “people fainted in her wake” when she played. She had a kind of absolute grandeur…”, Sandrine Kiberlain explains to us.
Crazy and limitless energy
“But afterwards, with Guillaume Nicloux (director of the film, Editor’s note), we went to see the exhibition dedicated to him in Paris. And there, I understood the stature of the artist, but also the committed woman that she was, a kind of incredible free woman And when the script arrived in my hands, I really loved the way. Nathalie Leuthreauretraced his life without making a biopic. We don’t talk about his childhood. It’s really 30 years of a woman, already in success, already in what characterizes her, that is to say this crazy energy where everyone follows her, where she doesn’t care when she says- your. She has no limits except her own…“
Sandrine Kiberlain had already played another celebrity from the world of the Arts
Sandrine Kiberlain once again lends his features to a celebrity from the world of the Arts. In the film Violette, directed by Martin Provost, released 10 years ago, she slipped into the costume of the author Simone de Beauvoir and opposite Emmanuelle Devos as Violette Leduc.
The cast of Sarah Bernhardt, the divine is also composed of Laurent Lafitte, in the role of Lucien Guitry, Amira Casar (Louise Abéma, painter and best friend of Sarah Bernhardt), Pauline Etienne, Laurent Stocker and Sébastien Pouderoux, both of the French Comedy.
Sarah Bernhardt, the Divine is released in cinemas this Wednesday, December 18.
Comments collected at the 2024 Angoulême Francophone Film Festival
