Clémence Poésy and Félix Moati at the Normandy hotel during Deauville 2020 -

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  • Clémence Poésy and Félix Moati respond in “Resistance” where we discover that Marcel Marceau saved Jewish children in 1942.

  • The two French actors have both toured with great American directors.

  • In Deauville this Wednesday, they are delighted to find the public and the cinemas.

Clémence Poésy and Félix Moati are in Deauville this Wednesday to present

Resistance

by Jonathan Jabubowicz.

In the film, the two actors surround Jesse Eseinberg who plays a very young Marcel Marceau.

The latter, who has not yet become a mime, helped in 1942 to save Jewish children from the clutches of the Germans.

"This film is important because it shows an unknown aspect of Marcel Marceau," Clémence Poésy confides to

20 Minutes

.

I had no idea what he had done and that his courageous actions had helped shape his art of mime.

"

With Félix Moati, the actress is delighted to be back in a place where the two actors had been part of the Revelations jury, him in 2012, she in 2016.

Their deauville darling (s)

Very accomplices in the city, the actors each have different memories of films seen on the stage.

Clémence Poésy quotes

Damien Chazell's

Whiplash

and Félix Moati particularly remembers the

Beasts

of the

Wild South

by Behn Zeitlin, whose new film, Wendy, is presented this year.

“These are works by young directors whose career Deauville has given rise to,” comments Félix Moati.

The Festival fulfills its function of discovering talent perfectly.

"

Clémence Poésy discovered American cinema through musicals and adores Greta Gerwing.

Félix Moati is a fan of Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen and Noah Baumbach Both have recently worked with American filmmakers with more than confirmed talent.

Wes Anderson and Christopher Nolan

“I'm only making a tiny appearance in

Wes Anderson's

The French Dispatch

,” says Félix Moati modestly, “but I've already seen the film which is wonderful.

As for Clémence Poésy, she plays a more

substantial

role in

Christopher Nolan's

Tenet,

where she plays the scientist who receives the hero at the start of the film.

"Chistopher Nolan is a very calm man and it's fascinating to see that he always works with the same collaborators including his wife whom he has known from college," she recalls.

However, the French actress did not take the big head after having played in the blockbuster which again attracts the public towards the rooms: "I had only two days of filming", she says.

Back in the room

Delighted to find cinemas and fans again, the duo believes they are very lucky to come to present

Resistance

in Deauville.

“This communion represented by being all together in front of a screen is something unique that I missed,” admits Félix Moati.

Clémence Poésy is also impatient to find the public of Deauville this Wednesday evening.

“People are warm, it will do a lot of good to see them react during the film.

The public has every reason to be touched by this beautiful story.

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