Word: balasko
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...aren't looking for glory. After the original movies, most cast members went on to establish successful careers, including Jugnot himself (who starred in and co-produced The Chorus, nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2005). Christian Clavier co-wrote and starred in The Visitors, Josiane Balasko's many triumphs include 1989's Too Beautiful For You, comic star Thierry Lhermitte appeared in Le Divorce and Michel Blanc has been in films by Robert Altman and Roberto Benigni. They have all returned for the third time, and the cast's work as an ensemble is what makes...
European cinemagoers may not know Marilou Berry's name, but they will find her face uncannily familiar. The look-alike daughter of France's legendary comic actress Josiane Balasko is lighting up the silver screen herself these days. In two breakout roles last year, she wowed the critics. One of them, her bittersweet performance in Look at Me, earned a nomination for Most Promising Actress at the César awards, France's version of the Oscars. Now, in the just-opened film Once Upon a Time in the Oued, she's winning plaudits for her role as a headstrong...
...hundred girls in them, there are maybe two who are heavy," says Jaoui. "And then it was very difficult finding a young girl who was comfortable playing somebody so unattractive." Their search ended with Marilou Berry, 21; as the real-life daughter of another actress-writer-director, Josiane Balasko, Berry knows what it's like to be pushed aside by people trying to get to her famous parent. And Jaoui drew from her own memories as a chubby child of successful parents to add to Lolita's adolescent angst. "The film is quite autobiographical," she says. "When I was small...