The actress and director Maïwenn, on the set of Jeanne du Barry. Stéphanie Branchu/Why Not Productions/Le Pacte
INTERVIEW – The director opens the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival with Jeanne du Barry. From the choice of Johnny Depp to embody Louis XV to that of playing the favorite, she explains the path that led her to this subject.
After polishes And My king, Maiwenn walks the Cannes red carpet for the third time as a director. Whether Jeanne du Barry, whose role she interprets, does not appear in competition, it is placed in majesty at the opening of the festival and is released in theaters everywhere in France at the same time. A new adrenaline.
LE FIGARO. – When did your interest in Jeanne du Barry date?
MAIWENN. – I discovered it through Marie Antoinette , by Sofia Coppola, in 2006. She was played by Asia Argento. She immediately intrigued me, even if her portrait was not at all faithful to reality. Coppola made her a scandalous, provocative, playful woman. But I immediately felt a connection. This was affirmed later, when I bought the biography of Jeanine Huas. I read pages of it intermittently, without a second thought. I didn’t feel like I had the shoulders to do a costume film. I didn’t feel legitimate. With the years and the accumulated experience, I started…
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