Stanford French Film Festival: Elodie Bouchez in "La Faute a Voltaire"

Synopsis of "La Faute A Voltaire"

Winner of the Golden Lion for first feature at the 2000 Venice Film Festival, "La Faute à Voltaire" aka "Poetical Refugee" is the story of Jallel, a Tunisian immigrant in Paris. Claiming to be a refugee from war-torn Algeria in order to get political asylum, his life in the country of 'liberty, equality and fraternity' is one of homeless shelters, illegal jobs and emotionally complex sexual relationships.

But director Abdel Kechiche refuses to portray Jallel as either hapless victim or angry rebel. Instead, he focuses on Jallel's relationships with his new community, an eclectic group of lively unemployed French and second-generation immigrant. Among them, Lucie, played by Élodie Bouchez, and her raw emotions....

Elodie Bouchez in "La Faute a Voltaire"

BIG NEWS: Interview with Elodie Bouchez on May 9th

Welcome everyone, Bonjour tout le monde

Here's the news: the French actress Élodie Bouchez - who starred memorably in "The Dreamlife of Angels" - will come to Stanford to present the film "Poetical Refugee" (La Faute a Voltaire) on May 9th...

...and we are going to do an Actors Studio interview with her just before the screening. Although there will be an open mic time for the audience to ask her questions directly, not everyone will get to ask her their questions "live".

So I've created this blog to hear from you what you would like to know about her. What questions are you dying to ask? or if you have messages, comments, wishes you'd want to share with her. She will read every posting, and hopefully I will be able to include as many of your questions as possible in the interview.

So, go for it!

ciaò.

C.

PS: all the info on the Festival are on : http://dlcl.stanford.edu/research/frenchfilm.html