Breakthrough European talents in 2021 – The Hollywood Reporter
Cinema and cinema productions in Europe continue to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic into 2021.
But new cinematic talents, both in front and behind the camera, have managed to emerge and make a big splash despite virus-related production restrictions and measures.
This is CHEAPTake a look at some of the breakout talent of European cinema in 2021 and their films.
Titane’s Agathe Rousselle
Titane director Julia Ducournau has “discovered” French newcomer Agathe Rousselle on Instagram, casting intensely gay talent to play the non-binary lead Alexia/Adrien in the smash-hit genre thriller, won her Palme d’Or. Playing a role that is both intense and vulnerable, Rousselle presents the emotional core of Alexia/Adrien’s unbelievably wild character, a serial killer with an extreme passion for cars.
sheep Directed by Vladimar Johannson
Vladimar Johannson’s debut feature has been compared favorably to Robert Eggers’ breakthrough Witch. Both are boldly guaranteed to be first features that use a steady build-up of brooding fear for tension before turning into more face-to-face horror. Johannson draws from Icelandic folk tales for his exploration of dark nature and pain in the tale of Icelandic shepherd farmers (Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snær Gudnason), whose world is thrown into turmoil when They make an amazing discovery.
Army of Thieves Fees Star Ruby O.
German-Costa Rican Ruby O. Fee made her film debut as 9-year-old Eva Green in Benedek Fliegauf’s Uterus (2010) and she has been a prominent figure on German television and German films ever since, with roles in children’s film franchises. Bibi & Tina and common police procedures Tatort. After a supporting role in Pole (2019) alongside Mads Mikkelsen, Fee delivers a breakout performance as master hacker Korina Dominguez in Netflix Army of Thieves, a prequel directed by Matthias Schweighöfer to Zack Synder’s Army of the Dead. Having recently signed Paradigm to represent the United States, we can expect to see more Ms Fee in the future.
The hand of God Filippo Scotti .Actor
Paolo Sorrentino often Toni Servillo (Great beauty, Il Divo) is a towering force in the director’s latest film The hand of God. But the real star is Filippo Scotti as Fabietto, Sorrentino’s alter ego in this deeply personal teen drama set in 1980s Naples. His naturalism, which reveals a deep emotional vulnerability as Fabietto learns the harsh laws of life, has led some to compare the Italian’s talent with Call me by your name star Timothée Chalamet.
Innocent people Directed by Eskil Vogt
Best known as the screenwriter of Joachim Trier – Norwegian filmmaker who has co-written all of Trier’s films, since their 2006 debut. Replay to the Cannes winner World’s ugliest person – Trier has proven herself behind the camera with this breakout second year, a low-budget, tense thriller about kids developing superpowers, with devastating consequences.
Going on Directed by Audrey Diwan
Diwan’s second film, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2021, and is widely expected to represent France at the 2022 Oscars (beaten by the equally impressive work of Julia Ducournau Titane), is a poignant and pressing look at the still hot topic of abortion, through the story of a university student in France in the early 1960s when abortion was still illegal. in this country. Diwan’s social realism was a far cry from Ducournau’s wild experiment of miles, but the former president’s subtle direction and tight economic scenario (co-written with Marcia Romano) marked his arrival. a great talent.
World’s ugliest personRenate Reinsve
Renate Reinsve was ready to give up acting entirely before being offered the role of Julie, a young Norwegian woman facing an existential crisis as she turns 30, in Joachim Trier World’s ugliest person. Lucky for us, she stuck with it. Her performance in Trier’s “no-no-romance romantic comedy” was a huge hit: by being funny, moving, and deeply moving. It won Reinsve the title of best actress at Cannes and put her on the radar of curated directors around the world.
Hive Directed by Blerta Basholli
Set seven years after the Serb-led massacre of a Kosovo village during the 1990s Balkan wars, Blerta Basholli’s three-time Sundance-winning debut shocks not with good twists and turns. experimental – the film is told in a conventional way – which, with the director’s attention to detail and with emotionally brutal stagings, squeezes drama and heroes out of a story A quiet, brooding tale about an illiterate but determined survivor (played with incredible intensity by Yllka Gashi).
Natural light Directed by Dénes Nagy
It’s hard to imagine how any director could come up with a new way to tell the story of the atrocities of World War II, but the Hungarian first film Dénes Nagy tries to provide a new dimension. Take another look at the gruesome history of Eastern Europe with this slow-burning drama, a Berlin award winner, focusing on the moral guilt of those who witness the evil and do nothing to stop it. it. Little action – the massacre at the center of the story takes place offscreen – but high tension, Natural light marks Nagy as a talented diver worth seeing.
Take off the fist Directed by Kira Kovalenko
With the second film, Russian filmmaker Kira Kovalenko is clearly ready to step out of the shadow of her former mentor, the great Russian director Alexander Sokurov (Sun, Russian beer kegs). The film, which won a Certain Award at Cannes, sees Kovalenko twist the rigorous, austere aesthetic of Russian realist cinema to tell a powerful and ultimately inspiring coming-of-age story about a Teenage girl escapes oppressive patriarchy.