Movie: By Heart

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Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert

Self

Fabrice Luchini
Fabrice Luchini

Self

Benoît Jacquot
Benoît Jacquot

Voice

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    It’s summertime, 2021. Isabelle Huppert plays Lioubov, Chekhov’s unforgettably heroine in The Cherry Orchard. In a near theatre, Fabrice Luchini recites Nietzsche. Both actors are premiering at Avignon’s Festival. When they leave backstage to stand out on stage, they are completely transformed. As everything seems utterly natural, audience does not imagine what happened before. By following their daily lives during the weeks preceding the premieres, Benoît Jacquot brings a singular perspective of the two actors and shows them like we’ve never seen before.

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    2022-12-28

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    5.9

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