WONDERS IN THE SUBURBS
O.V in French, Arabic, Turkish, Tamil, etc. subtitled in Spanish and English
Jeanne Balibar is one of the undisputed protagonists of the most radical auteur cinema of recent years. As an actress, alongside names like Assayas, Biette, Raoul Ruiz, Rivette and Pedro Costa (she was recently Amalric's Barbara), and as a filmmaker, with this delicious absurd comedy, her second film, starring herself together with Emmanuelle Béart, Mathieu Amalric and Bulle Ogier. A satire of today's world through the new (and extravagant) government team of the Montfermeil mayor's office, whose star project is a language school that will teach the 62 languages spoken on the periphery of Paris with a new and revolutionary educational system.
Direction : Jeanne Balibar
Script : Jeanne Balibar
Cinematography: André Chémétoff
Editing: Caroline Detournay
Sound: Mathieu Villien
Cast: Jeanne Balibar, Emmanuelle Béart, Ramzy Bédia, Mathieu Amalric, Bulle Ogier, Anthony Bajon, Jean-Quentin Châtelain, François Chattot, Valérie Dréville, Florence Loiret-Caille, Mounir Margou
Production: Isaac Sharry, Martine Marignac, Mathieu Amalric
Production Company: FILM(S), VITO Films
JEANNE BALIBAR
Jeanne Balibar studied at the Conservatoire Supérieur National d’Art Dramatique in Paris. After being part of the Comédie Française for a time, she has been directed by the greatest stage directors in France and abroad. She also worked with the greatest film directors: Pedro Costa, Pierre Léon, Pia Marais, Arnaud Desplechin, Bruno Podalydès, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, Mathieu Amalric, Olivier Assayas, Jean-Claude Biette, Benoît Jacquot, Jeanne Labrune, Raoul Ruiz, Jacques Rivette, Diane Kurys, Olivier Dahan, Pawel Pawlikowski… Thanks to these roles, she has been nominated at the César Awards Academy four times before winning the Best Actress Award in 2018 for Barbara directed by Mathieu Amalric. She won the Best Actress Award at the 1997 Thessaloniki Festival, at the 1998 San Sebastian Festival, and at the BAFICI in 2009. In 2018, she directed her first feature film, Wonders in the Suburbs, premiered in Locarno.