) and nurse Eugénie who are fighting to do their job and bring mother and son to acceptance. They have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living.Laurent CHAMPOUSSIN/LES FILMS DU KIOSQUE
In our discussion below, Bercot explains why she chose Sara over trained actors, what it’s like to be back in Cannes in a reteam with “family” and how she experienced Covid as a cultural “amputation.”It was an idea that grew bit by bit, it wasn’t the idea form the start. The film is inspired by Sara’s work. I had met him and he spoke to me a lot about how he works and so part of the film and the character is inspired by him. But I had planned to cast an actor for the role.
DEADLINE: You’ve worked with non-professional actors before, did you have to spend extra time with Sara on set?He’s a doctor so he’s done major studies and is used to working a lot and he did work a lot even to learn his lines because he has a lot of dialogue. He made a huge effort. The biggest part of the work for me was to teach him what it was to act, but I’m used to that because in all of my films there are non-professionals. It’s work I really enjoy.