In "A Beautiful Morning", Mia Hansen-Love explores a young woman's relationship with her father who is losing his mind.
She was inspired by her own past to build her screenplay.
Its interpreters, Léa Seydoux and Pascal Greggory, are impeccable in the main roles of a film which is never overwhelming.
In
Un beau matin
by Mia Hansen Love, Léa Seydoux and Pascal Greggory are truly moving: she plays a single mother who has to manage her little girl.
He embodies his father gradually engulfed by Alzheimer's disease.
"It's a love story in the plural, confides Léa Seydoux to
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.
That of a father and a daughter but also that rediscovered by this young woman for a former lover back in her life.
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Melvil Poupaud and Nicole Garcia complete the cast of this sensitive film discovered last May at the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.
The director of
Bergman's Island
drew on her relationship with her own father to tell her story.
"She entrusted me with recordings of the latter to help me build my performance," says Pascal Greggory.
A true filial relationship
The actors obviously felt a responsibility at the idea of delving into the past life of the filmmaker.
"Mia has a remarkable blend of precision and sensitivity," insists Léa Seydoux.
She was able to create a real filial relationship between Pascal and me.
We both got caught up in his dynamic.
The strength of the relationship between the two characters was the sine qua non for the viewer to be won over by
Un beau matin
whose title is inspired by a poem by Jacques Prévert.
“I did not know the experience of Alzheimer's in my family, recognizes Pascal Greggory.
So I complied with the instructions of Mia who guided me precisely to find the body language of my character whose degradation is streaked with brief moments of lucidity.
On a compelling subject, the director manages to sign a work that is not, so much her tenderness for her heroes and her performers emerges in each shot.
A very guarded freedom
“Mia manages to give you an impression of freedom while making it clear to you that she knows exactly where she is going,” says Léa Seydoux.
The result is a work in which each protagonist proves to be endearing by trying to do their best in the face of difficult situations.
“It's the first time that I've managed to forget that it's me who's on the screen when I'm watching a film in which I'm acting,” admits Pascal Greggory.
Léa Seydoux and he seem touched by the grace of
Un beau matin.
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