Photo of Emmanuelle Devos
Photo of Emmanuelle Devos

Emmanuelle Devos

“I love being alone, in those moments I have a direct communication with who stands behind the camera. And I love to receive strong feedback: when I act, I expose myself. I become vulnerable, like a child, I enjoy having everyone’s attention.”

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    DECEPTION

    ARNAUD DESPLECHIN France, 2021

    Arnaud Desplechin brings a seductive blend of intellectual and carnal passions to this riveting adaptation of Phillip Roth’s eponymous novel. A mesmerizing literary concoction of sex, love, and loyalty made even more bewitching by Léa Seydoux’s luminous performance.

    A CHRISTMAS TALE

    ARNAUD DESPLECHIN France, 2008

    Arnaud Desplechin’s whirlwind dramedy doesn’t fully reject Christmas joy, but it does give the undersung holiday traditions of dysfunction and discomfort their time in the spotlight. Starring a formidable French cast, this festive film’s thorny exterior makes way for little glimmers of tender hope.

    LA MOUSTACHE

    EMMANUEL CARRÈRE France, 2005

    Winner of the Europa Cinemas award at Cannes (a top prize in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar), La Moustache is an eerie psychological drama in the spirit of Kafka with shades of Hitchcock, building outward beguilingly from the most simple—and bizarre—of premises.

    GILLES' WIFE

    FRÉDÉRIC FONTEYNE Belgium, 2004

    This sensuous and haunting tale of love betrayal is built around an extraordinary performance by the award-winning French star Emmanuelle Devos. In his devotion to the period’s atmospherics, director Frédéric Fonteyne lovingly brings to life 1930s France in this fraught drama of unconditional love.

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