Léa Seydoux, route of a spoiled actress by Croisette – Le Figaro

To the beautiful actress who presents Just the end of the world Xavier Dolan Festival, shine on the red carpet is now a habit. In almost ten years, she has missed only one edition, in 2012. Back Cannes on his journey.

Coma auburn or blonde chignon , long green satin dress fluid or single clear tuxedo, never the same, but still there, Léa Seydoux has abandoned once the red carpet in a decade. Its cold beauty and poise are now part of the Cannes landscape that “has marked my life forever.” She confides to Express . From the beginning, her acting destiny is closely linked to the Cannes Film Festival. A review of those brilliant appearances.

● Mistress , by Catherine Breillat (2007): the first steps

First role in a film, first visit to Cannes, the first distinction. The young Léa Seydoux do not waste time. She barely learned to take its first steps as an actress she already trod the Cannes red carpet. At 22, she already climbed the steps of the Palais des Festivals on the arm of Catherine Breillat, for the presentation of Mistress . The charm of the actress does not go unnoticed: the same time, its role in The Consolation by Nicolas Klotz allows him to enter the Talent Selection Cannes 2007, reserved for young talent spotted

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● the War , Bertrand Bonello (2008): return

the following year, she is back on Croisette. The War , the film in which she plays Marie, a member of a mysterious community, is presented in the Directors’ Fortnight.

● Inglourious Basterds (2009): the revelation

In “Inglorious Basterds”, Lea Seydoux play alongside great players like Christoph Waltz, who won the Price Actor.

Never two without three. The Quentin Tarantino film is vying for the official competition. Alongside major players such as Brad Pitt and Mélanie Laurent, she appears farmer girl molested by a cruel Nazi colonel because he hides a Jewish family in his cellar. Her touching performance and its stop pouting get him Chopard price Women revelation 2009.

● Robin Hood , Ridley Scott (2010): double selection

This year, Léa Seydoux is doubly present at Cannes for Robin Hood edition and 63rd opens the Dear Prudence Rebecca Zlotowski, where she stars, parallel section of the Critics’ Week. In the first, she played the second wife of Prince John unbearable, one Isabella of Angoulême while ambition and sensuality. A secondary role, but accompanied by big names like Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.

● Midnight in Paris , Woody Allen (2011): still open

A year later, soft pallor of his face still opens the next edition in the Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris . She plays Gabrielle, a secondary character who alongside Owen Wilson lost in his wanderings between contemporary Paris and the Paris of the Roaring Twenties.

● The Life of Adele , Kechiche (2013): the consecration

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Léa Seydoux was not on the Croisette in 2012, but to return the following year with a bang. Life of Adele , where she plays the fragile Emma with blue hair, sweep the Golden Palm. Fact unprecedented in the history of the Festival, the two protagonists, and Adèle Exarchopoulos itself, are associated with the trophy. “The jury wanted to award the tie Actor Award to two actresses, in addition to the top prize at film. But as the regulations do not allow it, he decided to formally associate the two actresses in the palm, “said the President of the Cannes Festival, Gilles Jacob. Moved to tears, Léa Seydoux says move an “incredible and exceptional time.” The actress was also in Cannes for his second feature film with Rebecca Zlotowski, Grand Central , for the Un certain regard.

● Saint-Laurent , Bertrand Bonello (2014): second time with the same director

This is the second After a collaboration with Bertrand Bonello allows Léa Seydoux to shine at Cannes, but this time for the official competition. In the biopic dedicated to Yves Saint Laurent, it takes the traits Loulou de la Falaise, model and muse of the great designer.

● The Lobster , Yorgos Lanthimos (2015): the surprise

For the 68th edition, Lea Seydoux surprises. She returns with a feature by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has nothing to do with the kind of films she was usually present on the Croisette. The Lobster is zany and unexpected. Every single person who has not found a soul mate in 45 days will be transformed into the animal of choice. The actress plays a sweet-faced leader who leads with an iron hand a small resistance group.

● Just the end of the world , Xavier Dolan (2016): the bad buzz

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This year, true to habit, Léa Seydoux is still there. In the film by Xavier Dolan, she played Suzanne, the rebel of a family of three children affected by the return of seriously ill eldest son. But for now, his performance is overshadowed by the bad buzz generated by his response to the Madame Figaro “I do not know how I learned to play … but we just both [Xavier Dolan and] the school of life. “the mockery keep fuser on social networks towards this child pampered by life and the Festival.