Starring:
Juliette Binoche
Kristen Stewart
Chloë Grace Moretz
I do use memories and moments. I’ll use anything I can of my emotional baggage or previous actions. But that’s only because the more experience you have, the better you are.”
The Guardian - 10 May '15
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a film by Olivier Assayas
2014
At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena.
She departs with her assistant Valentine (Kristen Stewart) to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Swiss Alps. Jo-Ann Ellis(Chloë Grace Moretz), a young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal, is to take on the role of Sigrid, and Maria finds herself on the other side of the mirror, face to face with an ambiguously charming woman who is, in essence, an unsettling reflection of herself.
Sils Maria originates in Juliette Binoche’s desire to create a film built around women and performance. She challenged director Olivier Assayas, who directed her in l’Heure d’été, to write a script, resulting in his most ambitious and provocative movie to date. “This film, which deals with the past, our relationship to our own past, and to what forms us.” He comments. The film is also implicitly built around Juliette Binoche, borrowing many biographical facts from her own career for the fictional character of Maria.
Sils Maria premièred at the 67th Cannes Film Festival in 2014. The film went on to win the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc. Juliette Binoche was nominated for Best Actress at the 2015 César Awards.
Maria Enders
Valentine
Jo-Ann Ellis
Klaus Diesterweg
Christopher Giles
Rosa Melchior
Henryk Wald
Actress in Sci-fi Movie
Piers Roaldson
Urs Kobler
Maria’s London Assistant
Journalist in Zürich
Maria’s Agent
Journalist in London
Talk-Show Host
Juliette Binoche
Kristen Stewart
Chloë Grace Moretz
Lars Eidinger
Johnny Flynn
Angela Winkler
Hanns Zischler
Nora von Waldstätten
Brady Corbet
Aljoscha Stadelmann
Claire Tran
Peter Farkas
Stuart Manashil
Ben Posener
Ricardia Bramley
Directed by
Screenplay by
Produced by
Cinematography by
Film editing by
Production design by
Art direction by
Decors by
Costume design by
First assistant director
Sound editing by
Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas
Charles Gillibert
Yorick Le Saux
Marion Monnier
François-Renaud Labarthe
Gabriella Ausonio
Gabriele Wolff
Jürgen Doering
Dominique Delany
Nicolas Moreau
Production companies
In association with
CG Cinéma
Pallas Film
CAB Productions
Vortex Sutra
Arte France Cinéma
Orange Studio
Radio Télévision Suisse
Ezekiel Film Production
Eurimages
Centre National de la Cinématographie
Arte France
Ciné+
Canal+
MEDIA Programme of the European Union
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Q&A with Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart
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Cannes Film Festival 2014 - Press photocall
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Cannes Film Festival 2014 - Press conference
"Largo de Xeres" by George Frederic Handel
"Violin Sonata in D minor" by George Frederic Handel
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