Before Hitler can cut the projection, Shosanna tells Marcel to burn the cinema down. The film premiered in competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Shosanna laughs as the cinema catches fire. Mélanie Laurent was born in Paris, France. To prepare for her role, Mélanie Laurent worked as a film projectionist for a few weeks at New Beverly Cinema, projecting mostly cartoons and trailers before shows. This also shows that she's pretty loyal to her family and even willing to die for her family, but she's also willing to bring the Nazi regime to justice. Mélanie Laurent, Actress: Inglourious Basterds. She appeared in Michel Blanc's drama Summer Things, Jackie Chan's comedy-drama Rice Rhapsody, Jacques Audiard's drama The Beat That My Heart Skipped and the war film Days of Glory about the Free French Forces. She made her theater debut in 2010 in Nicolas Bedos's Promenade de santé. Throughout Inglourious Basterds there is never any mention as to why Shosanna recorded her speech to the Nazis in english. [73], French actress, model, director, singer, and writer, Hollywood debut and breakthrough (2009–10), Inglourious Basterds Movie Special with Alex Zane, Channel 4, San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress, Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress, 2014 Berlinale International Film Festival, List of roles and awards of Mélanie Laurent, "Mélanie Laurent – Director, Screenwriter, Actress", "30 ans de Totoro : Saviez-vous que Mélanie Laurent, Elle et Dakota Fanning ont doublé les héroïnes ? During the dinner, he told Laurent, "Do you know something-there's just something I don't like. In Shosanna's fake papers, it's shown that she chose her birthday as 18th of May 1926. Shosanna is a rather serious woman, and is also very brave and resourceful. That said, most of her films since 2009 have been in English. [49] Loosely adapted by Javier Gullón from José Saramago's 2002 novel The Double, the film opened to critical acclaim. Anouk Aimée (born Dreyfus, 1932), French actress (A Man and a Woman) Chuckie Dreyfus (born 1974), Filipino actor (Idol) Fictional characters. The highly anticipated film, which had been in development since 1998, marked Laurent's first major role in an American film and Laurent found herself pushed into mainstream success in North America. In an interview with Indiewire in 2014, Laurent admitted that she loves writing: "[Writing is] especially super exciting because you have everything to do and most of your ideas come from that first part… you just imagine things, and you imagine actors." Part I - Landa Meets Von Hammersmarck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVFhB0WK6IPart II - Fake Italians: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zakIk0F4EQk The second “Jewish Revenge” narrative layer in Inglourious Basterds is Shoshanna Dreyfus’ plan to burn down her theatre and the main Nazi leaders along with it. After the flames appear, the audience panics and tries to escape, but as Shosanna's image laughs, the Basterds rush in and begin shooting at the crowd, from Hitler's opera box. "Mélanie Laurent on Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: 'To Survive on That Set, You Learn Fast! [18] In a 2009 interview, she explained that she does not have ambitions to be a crossover actress. "[62] Her first child with her partner, a son named Léo, was born in September 2013. Before Zoller has a chance to reply, a German officer, who introduces himself as Captain Wolfgang, enters and shakes his hand, while being amazed that he met him. It's that you're famous in your country, and I'm really wanting to discover somebody." [36], Laurent played the part of the violinist in Radu Mihăileanu's Le Concert—she called it "a smart movie and a popular movie", and added that she was, "glad because French people wanted to watch a movie with classical music. [30][35] Knowing that she could speak French, and had already acted in French in one of the short films in Paris, je t'aime, she offered the first role to Natalie Portman, who declined because of the script's language. The man obviously … Also, like Hamlet, she died while getting her vengeance, and also destroyed everything in her way. It becomes an anthem of noirish dread and excitement, a sign that Laurent, as Shosanna, has found her destiny. Laurent will next direct and write The Nightingale an adaption of novel of the same name by Kristin Hannah, which is set to star Fanning and Dakota Fanning, and is scheduled to be released on 22 December 2021. 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Chapter One - Once upon a time... in Nazi-occupied France. The film released on 23 September 2013 to positive critical reviews. Believing that her cover is blown, she reluctantly comes with him. [29], Laurent's partner Julien Boisselier, as well as Marie Denarnaud, Mélanie Doutey, and Louise Monot were to act in the production while short film clips were to be projected on stage, some of them shot at the nightclub Le Baron, which Laurent used to frequent during the writing period. When Goebbels tells her he first wants to see a film before he can decide, Landa arrives at the table. Tied with Mo'Nique. Dreyfuss In 2011, she directed her first feature film, The Adopted. Shosanna is seen in her room, by her window, looking down at the street, obviously at the incoming Nazi crowd. He strongly advised her not to take acting classes because he believed she already had the necessary skills. She again rebuffs him, telling him she doesn't want to have anything to do with him, as he's a German soldier in her country. She became an actress and starred in many German films, such as Fräulein Doktor. She is greeted by Zoller and meets Goebbels himself, French actress and translator Francesca Mondino, as well as the Gestapo Major who brought her there, Dieter Hellstrom. When she talked about her role, she said: "When I read the script of 'Inglourious Basterds', I was like, wow, it's been my dream to kill Hitler since I was like four so I was kind of like Shosanna already. They were hiding in the LaPadite family's basement. The album peaked at number 22 and number 35 on the Belgian Albums Charts and French Albums Charts respectively. "[37][38] Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle called it a "role with great technical demands" and praising Laurent wrote, "she's extremely subtle and reserved ... "The Concert" constitutes a breakthrough for her, in that it unlocks her emotional floodgates". Laurent plays Anna, an irreverent French actress. As she prepares for the show, we see a flashback of her plan: she records herself, then she and Marcel kidnap a French movie developer and force him to develop their film into a reel film; Shosanna then has the film treated and edited into one of the movie's film reels, replacing one of Zoller's dialogue scenes with her message of vengeance. Quentin Tarantino met Mélanie Laurent in three rounds and played all the characters on the first. [8][9][10][11], Laurent played minor roles in a number of films early in her career. Laurent replied, "Why not?". While she has worked mainly in independent films, including Paris (2008) and Enemy (2013), Laurent also appeared in commercially successful Hollywood films, including the comedy drama Beginners (2011), and the caper film Now You See Me (2013), the former earning her a nomination at the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. As she is handling the projectors during the premiere, Zoller comes up. Zoller's intention is to force her to like him, and persuade Goebbels to move the premiering of Stolz Der Nation to her cinema, despite it being half the size of the Ritz. She learns that Zoller is a war hero, and that Joseph Goebbels is planning to make a propaganda film based on his deeds, called Stolz der Nation. Shosanna thinks that her cover is about to be blown. Laurent replied "No, no, no. Meanwhile, the film cuts to the recorded film, with Shosanna stating that the viewers will all die. Mélanie Laurent (born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, model, director, singer, and writer. In an interview, Laurent revealed that spending time at Rice's home in Ireland inspired her to maintain a compost heap and eat organic food. She told The Independent, "he was a crew member and I was an actress. Respire (2014), her second production as a director, was screened at the International Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Shosanna inspects the 350 rolls of nitric film. Watch later. [42][43], Laurent then starred opposite Jeremy Irons in Night Train to Lisbon, a 2013 drama film based on the novel of the same name directed by Bille August. On the second one, he shared the lines with her, and the third one, it was dinner face-to-face. [31] The film and the Laurent's performance was well received by the critics, with Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian deeming it "well acted". "[The French] don't see him like an independent director; we just see him as the best director, ever, [from the United States]." [13][14] In a review for Variety, Ronnie Scheib praised Laurent and wrote that she, "makes her vibrant character’s downward spiral totally believable without indulging in moody sullenness". Sexy and luminous in the heat of her valor. Narrowly escaping with … An example of this is her cold behavior towards Zoller, who was trying to prove his love towards her. [24][28], In addition, Laurent won a number of accolades for her portrayal of Shosanna including Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress, and nominations at the Detroit Film Critics Society Awards, Empire Award for Best Actress, and Saturn Award for Best Actress among others. [2][3] She is Jewish, of both Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish-Jewish) and Tunisian-Jewish descent. [50] The film starred Jake Gyllenhaal as two men who are physically identical, but different in terms of personality. After the film screening, Goebbels asks her if she liked "Lucky Kids", she says that she liked Lillian Harvey, which causes Goebbels to rant her name, and to never mention her name in his presence. Unforgettable Moment. The film also stars Jolie and Brad Pitt, and was released on 13 November 2015, by Universal Pictures. [44] Jessica Kiang of Indie Wire noted that Laurent was "given less to do" but lauded her performance writing that she, "makes the most of her truncated screen time". In the original ending, Shosanna's movie for the Nazis was supposed to be in French. Bridget von Hammersmark was born in Germany. Shosanna Dreyfus was played by Mélanie Laurent. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Laurent played minor roles in a number of films early in her career. [18], In 2007, Laurent appeared in films including Le tueur and Hidden Love. Codependent relationships get explored in movies now and then, but almost always within the context of either a bad romance or a dysfunctional family. The Basterds had the guns and dynamite ready. She hates Nazis with a passion, largely due to the fact that one was responsible for the death of her family. He kisses her hand, while she recalls some not very pleasant memories, visibly agitated. [30], In 2010, Laurent starred in The Round Up, a French film directed by Roselyne Bosch, and produced by Alain Goldman, alongside Jean Reno, Sylvie Testud, and Gad Elmaleh. She realizes he's not dead and approaches to check on him, seemingly showing remorse, only for Zoller to pull out his pistol and fatally shoot her multiple times. ", "50 facts about Mélanie Laurent: loves France, her street, her café, and not having to use a car", "Renier, Laurent win thesp kudos, Pair appear in police thriller 'La Chambre des morts, "Dikkenek (NT1) : Les répliques les plus cultes du film avec François Damiens", "Mélanie Laurent Interview: On Inglourious Basterds And Loving France". Produced by Joel Shearer, the album contains twelve songs, five of which are co-written and co-produced by Irish folk musician Damien Rice. Chief Inspector Dreyfus, character in The Pink Panther film series; Shosanna [sic = Shoshanna] Dreyfus, one of the principal characters in Inglourious Basterds; See also. [46][47] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter gave Laurent the highest praise and wrote, "[Laurent] is responsible for the only measurable amount of warmth the film exudes. Despite this, she still could be considered as a heroine because of her efforts to bring down the evil Nazi regime, thus saving many people in the process. Mélanie Laurent (French pronunciation: [melani loʁɑ̃] (listen); born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, filmmaker, singer, and pianist. In 2015, Laurent starred alongside Laurent Lafitte, in François Favrat's French drama film Boomerang adapted from the bestseller entitled A Secret Kept by Tatiana De Rosnay. She immediately begins to breathe heavily, and almost cries when she realizes how close she was to being discovered. She stated that she loved France, her street, her café, and not having to use a car. She appeared in Michel Blanc's drama Summer Things, Jackie Chan's comedy-drama Rice Rhapsody, Jacques Audiard's drama The Beat That My Heart Skipped and the war film Days of Glory about the Free French Forces. Shoshanna Shapiro, the youngest member of the group of friends in HBO 's Girls. She fled the house as Landa pointed his Walther at her with the intent to shoot, only to change his mind, instead he shouted a cruel "Au revoir, Shosanna!". [57][58] She then co-directed the 2015 documentary Tomorrow, which earned her a César Award for Best Documentary Film. Shosanna Dreyfus (alias Emmanuelle Mimieux) is one of the main protagonists of the film. Inglourious Basterds facts. [18] Laurent next appeared in Cédric Klapisch's 2008 comedy drama Paris, a French film concerning a diverse group of people. They manage to gun down many Nazi high officials before the cinema gets destroyed by the explosion, killing everyone inside. He begins to ask her about her cinema and before he leaves he tells her there's another thing he wanted to ask her. But when, The name Emmanuelle Mimieux is a reference both the erotic. She is one of the Climate Ambassadors for Kofi Annan's Global Humanitarian Forum "Tck Tck Tck" Campaign. Mélanie Laurent was the one who suggested to Quentin Tarantino that it should be done in English to make the finale more powerful. [63][64], Laurent has established herself as a successful actress in French cinema. Her breakthrough role came in the 2006 drama film Don't Worry, I'm Fine, for which she later won the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Prix Romy Schneider. The "tomboy" look sported by Shosanna when seen removing the film letters and in particular her own "baker boy" cap are reminiscent of the kid character in 1921 Charlie Chaplin's film cited by Zoller during the first conversation with Shosanna in front of the cinema. Mademoiselle, meet the guy who invaded your country and made it like his translator. [67], Laurent made her singing debut in May 2011 with a studio album En t'attendant, under the label of Atmosphériques. She became known to international audiences for her role as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino 's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, for which she won Best Actress from the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics Association. "[27], In an interview, Laurent said that she went into Inglourious Basterds with an adoration for Quentin Tarantino. Laurent made her debut as a director with the 2008 short film De moins en moins, which she also wrote, a 7-minute film about a patient who "remembers less and less" in front of her psychiatrist. She died with Frederick Zoller in the cinema's projector room. It starred Ben Foster and Elle Fanning. [45], Laurent appeared in the Louis Leterrier's 2013 caper film Now You See Me as a French Interpol agent who investigates the bank theft alongside Mark Ruffalo and an ensemble cast. [32][33] John Anderson of Newsday lauded Laurent saying that she gave an "inspiring performance as a gentile nurse". Inglourious Basterds (2009) Starring: Brat Pitt, Melanie Laurent, and Christoph Waltz Directed and Written By: Quentin Tarantino What’s not to love about Quentin Tarantino? She also asks him if the filming equipment still works, as she plans to make a film just for the Nazis. Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent. [23][24] The film was a huge commercial and critical success, grossing over $321 million in theaters worldwide. [15] That same year, she and Belgian actor Jérémie Renier were awarded France's Romy Schneider and Jean Gabin Prizes for most promising actor and actress. Born in Paris to a Jewish family, Laurent was introduced to acting at the age of sixteen by Gérard Depardieu, who cast her in a minor role in the romantic drama The Bridge (1999). [17] For her performance in the film, Laurent won the Étoiles d'Or for Best Female Newcomer. She also directed À ses pieds, an erotic short film aired on the French television channel Canal+ on 25–26 October 2008, as part of a series of short films, called X Femmes.[56]. "[48], Laurent's next release, the Canadian-Spanish psychological thriller film Enemy, directed by Denis Villeneuve, was screened at the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. In the script, Shosanna mentions that she was born in the region of Nancy. Inglourious Basterds (2009) For the scene where Shoshanna burns down the theater. [18] She received numerous accolades for her role in Inglourious Basterds including Best Actress Award at the Austin Film Critics Association Awards and Online Film Critics Society Awards among others. He won 11 of these, including the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and the BAFTA Awards for BOTH films. Her acting career began when actor Gérard Depardieu, seeing Laurent there, asked her if she wanted to be in films. Landa sits at the table after the others leave and orders some strudel for both as well as a glass of milk for her. Her feature film directorial debut is The Adopted (2011). Afraid of her plans being foiled, she tries to stall him from entering, and once again rejects his advances, causing Zoller to force himself inside and angrily confront Shosanna about her coldness towards him despite everything that he has done. It’s really beautiful, it’s why I love making movies."[59]. [55] Laurent later appeared in the 2018 drama Operation Finale directed by Chris Weitz, which revolved around the Mossad operation to capture Adolf Eichmann. Sometime in 1942 she became a double agent for Great Britain. Inglourious Basterds, Ken Duken, Quentin Tarantino Films, Hurt Locker, Bar Scene, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Best Actress In Inglorious Basterds (2009) Lt. Aldo Raine wears the First Special Service Force's insignia of crossed arrows on his collar and red arrowhead shoulder patch. [6] Laurent played the role of Lisbeth Daboval, the daughter of one of the protagonists of the film, Claire Daboval. And after four days he called and finalized her for the role of Shosanna. Shoshanna Dreyfus, the French Jew who is the female protagonist of the 2009 movie, Inglourious Basterds. Laurent was born in Paris, France the daughter of Annick, a ballerina,[1] and Pierre Laurent, a voiceover actor (who dubs the character Ned Flanders in the French version of The Simpsons). Not interested to speak with him at all, she tried to avoid any conversation, visibly agitated. Hicox ( Michael Fassbender) already learned about Operation Kino from Fenech ( Mike Myers ). In March 2013, she revealed that she had married but refused to name her spouse. Shosanna Dreyfus is named after actress Julie Dreyfus, who appears in the film as Francesca Mondino. Shosanna Dreyfus was born in France, circa 1923. [16] Laurent then starred in the Franco-Belgian Dikkenek, a comedy directed by Olivier Van Hoofstadt that has attained a cult film over the years owing to its Belgian-style humour, in which she co-starred alongside Marion Cotillard, Jérémie Renier, Jean-Luc Couchard and Dominique Pinon. In addition to her film career, Laurent has appeared in stage productions in France. [68][69][70] She recorded the album with Rice, living between Woodstock, New York and his home in Ireland. Additionally, she starred in Chris Weitz's 2018 drama Operation Finale with Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, telling the story of the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann. https://www.allmovie.com/movie/inglourious-basterds-v465163 Laurent's other notable works include the art-house drama The Round Up (2010), the comedy drama Et soudain, tout le monde me manque (2011), and the mystery thriller Night Train to Lisbon (2013). [72] Laurent's film Demain won the César Award for Best Documentary Film. http://fromthemindofmikel.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/once-upon-a-time-in-nazi-occupied-france-history-as-fairy-tale-in-inglourious-basterds/, http://www.tarantinoitalia.altervista.org/Inglourious%20Basterds%20Trivia.htm, https://inglouriousbasterds.fandom.com/wiki/Shosanna_Dreyfus?oldid=12085, In earlier drafts of the screenplay Shosanna was a much more active member of the French resistance, sniping soldiers from rooftops and even compiling a death list of high ranking Nazi officials to cross off. After a short discussion, she becomes angry and leaves. Zoller tries to counter that telling her that he's more than a uniform, but she says not to her, and that if he wants a French girlfriend, he should try Vichy. The real test set by Quentin Tarantino was for her to screen Reservoir Dogs. Inglourious Basterds Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Based on the true story of a young Jewish boy, the film depicts the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup, the mass arrest of Jews by French police who were Nazi accomplices in Paris in July 1942. Shosanna was the only surviving member of the Dreyfus family, a Jewish rural French family who were murdered in 1941 by SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa. Some time later, while she was working on the cinema templates, a car stops and a Gestapo Major gets down. Eric was born in France. [5] Her maternal grandparents were film poster editors. At some point before the start of WWII he started or inherited a tavern in the French village of Nadine, called La Louisiane, just north of Paris. She had a brother, Amos, a father, Jakob, a mother, Miriam, and an uncle, Bob.
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