Mélanie Thierry plays Ukrainian in Mariana’s room: trailer

The actress collaborates for the third time with Emmanuel Finkiel (pain) for this historical drama inspired by the novel by Aharon Appefeld.

Mariana’s room sign the return ofEmmanuel Finkiel After Pain (2017), with Mélanie Thierry In the title role of Marguerite Duras. If his latest film took place in Paris in 1944, while the city is under the occupation, the director remains here in this same historical period but in Ukraine. Here is the synopsis:

“1943, Ukraine, Hugo is 12 years old. To save him from the deportation, his mother entrusted him with his childhood friend Mariana, a prostitute who lives in a closed house at the exit of the city. Hidden in the closet of Mariana’s room, all his existence is suspended from the noises that surround her and the scenes he guess through the partition …”

This new feature film, Inspired by Aharon Appefeld’s novelmarks the third collaboration Between the filmmaker and Mélanie Thierry after Pain And I am not a bastard. The actress had to learn the Ukrainian especially for this role of Mariana. Emmanuel Finkiel entrust to France Inter ::

“For two years, she worked with coaches, following internships at Tomatis, a specialist in ear and listening. Mélanie educated her ear with the Ukrainian language so that she was able to play and say her dialogues as she was breathing … Mélanie is so great that she does not have the same voice in Ukrainian and in French and that her body does not move in the same way. thunderous laughs and her tears as a little girl.

Mariana’s room revealed Young Artem Kyrykwho takes on his first role here in the cinema. Julia Goldberg and Yona Rozenkier complete the casting. The film will be released indoors April 23 next.

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