- In "Selfie", Elsa Zylberstein plays a teacher in love with a Youtuber.
- In "I only dream of you", she slips into the skin of Janot Reichebach who risked everything out of love for Léon Blum.
- These two roles of women in love mark the return of the actress in passionate characters.
Elsa Zylberstein is doubly on the bill this week in I only dream of you by Laurent Heynemann and in Selfie , a sketch film whose characters are engulfed by the Internet and social networks. "The two films have in common that I embody a woman in love," says the actress to 20 Minutes .
In Laurent Heynemann's film, inspired by a book by Dominique Missika (Robert Laffont editions), she slips into the skin of Jeanne Reichenbach (1899-1982), nicknamed Janot, who abandoned husband and children out of love for Léon Blum qu 'she married when he was a prisoner in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
In the “The Troll” segment from the film Selfie, she plays under the direction of Marc Fitoussi a teacher of letters who falls in love with a Youtubeur interpreted by Max Boulbil. "It was a long time since I had been offered such powerful roles," admits the actress.
Understanding your characters
Elsa Zylberstein is just as comfortable as it is to give life to a historical or fictional character. "It is important to show strong women on screen, whether they have existed or not," says the actress. And these two heroines fit bravely in this category: Janot Reichenbach is ready to sacrifice himself by passion during the Second World War while the teacher of Selfie lets himself be seduced via social networks at the risk of having his heart broken by a man more young she. The 50-something has embraced the two characters with passion, but she admits to having a soft spot for Janot. “She is the most courageous. She takes all the risks, perhaps because she has to act in a world that does not give gifts, neither to women, nor to Jews. "
Between reality and fiction
The scene where Janot Reichenbach visits Pierre Laval (excellent Philippe Torreton) to ask to join his deported lover is particularly moving. "I felt a heavy responsibility at the idea of reviving a historic figure of this magnitude," she admits. This film evokes the concentration camps and anti-Semitism, two subjects on which it is always important to return. "
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