Actrices (English: Actresses) is a French comedy-drama film directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, released in 2007. The film was presented in the official selection at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and won a Prix Spécial du Jury in the Un Certain Regard section.
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Plot
Marcelline is a chagrined actress, haunted by Natalia Petrovna, the heroine of the Turgenev play A Month in the Country, that she is rehearsing. Trying to escape her fears she visits the swimming pool. While she is swimming she listens to Glenn Miller.
At the age of 40 she is unmarried and lives only for her work at the theatre. When she learns she will probably never have children, this heightens her anguish. She tries to communicate with those around her - living or dead: the Virgin Mary, the protecting ghost of her father seated on the family sofa, the mischievous phantom of her lover perched in a tree. She laughs and cries in turn, a nothing perturbs her, a look from her mother, or simply a kiss from the young lead in the play she is acting in.
Cast
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Marcelline
Noémie Lvovsky as Nathalie
Louis Garrel as Éric
Mathieu Amalric as Denis
Valeria Golino as Nathalia Petrovna
Marisa Borini as The mother
Maurice Garrel as The father
Simona Marchini as The aunt
Bernard Nissille as Jean-Paul
Olivier Rabourdin as Marc
Laetitia Spigarelli as Juliett
Gilles Cohen as Jean-Luc
Marie Rivière as The tailoress
Eric Elmosnino as Raymond
Robinson Stévenin as Julien
Laurent Grévill as Arthur
Pascal Bongard as The priest