The death at the age of 32 of South African actress Charlbi Dean, heroine of Without Filter, Palme d'or at Cannes this year, is a "shock and a tragedy", said this Wednesday the Swedish director of the film, Ruben Östlund .

“Charlbi's sudden death is a shock and a tragedy.

It is an honor to have known her and to have worked with her”, declared the filmmaker on Instagram.

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The actress and model "had an application and a sensitivity that lifted her colleagues and the entire film crew", praised Ruben Östlund, crowned at the end of May with a second Cannes Palme d'Or, five years after

The Square

.

"To think that she won't be with us in the future makes me very sad," he said.

The circumstances of his death remain mysterious.

The death of the young actress, which occurred Monday in New York for a still unknown reason, was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesperson.

In Unfiltered

(

Triangle of Sadness in the original version),

Charlbi

Dean plays Yaya, a supermodel and influencer, obsessed with her image and her career, who is offered a luxury cruise with her boyfriend, also a model.

After starting child modeling, Charlbi Dean had started an acting career at the age of 20, with two first South African films:

Spud

in 2010 and

Spud 2

in 2013, with John Cleese in particular.

We also saw her in 2017 in an American horror film,

Don't Sleep,

and the following year in

Interview with God

(

An Interview with God

).

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  • Culture

  • Movie theater

  • Actress

  • Disappearance

  • Cannes Film Festival 2022

  • Palme d'Or