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Isabelle Adjani
I mormorii dell’anima
An international icon and sacred monster of French cinema, Isabelle Adjani takes the stage for the first time at Festival dei Due Mondi to perform The Murmurs of the Soul in which she voices the texts of literary giants including Marguerite Duras, Annie Ernaux, Cynthia Fleury, Camille Laurens, Françoise Sagan, Fred Vargas...
"I discovered the world of 'reading' fairly recently. It was relatively foreign to me. Not as a spectator, but as an actress," Adjani says. "It was an unknown pleasure. I would read Racine, or Duras.... It was like a revelation, producing a kind of exaltation."
As she tells it, it is listening to the audience to that guides her, "If the audience were not there, I would not exist. But if I am not there, they continue to to exist. The audience that comes to to see you perform relies to on you, so that at least some of that moment of theater makes a difference."
Recognized and admired for her incredible talent, Adjani is France's most awarded actress, the only one to have won five Césars, two best actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Oscar nominations for best actress. An expression of a true cultural melting pot, she is unquestionably one of the symbols of French cinema and theater, an extraordinary performer who has been able to embody iconic roles with which she has established herself in the collective imagination thanks to to a magnetic beauty and undeniable talent.
with Isabelle Adjani
texts from from Marguerite Duras, Annie Ernaux, Cynthia Fleury, Camille Laurens, Françoise Sagan, Fred Vargas and others
concept Valérie Six
in collaboration with Daniel Loayza
tour coordinator Delphine Paccou
lighting and sound Nicole Benier
Les visiteurs du soir production
show also made possible thanks to the contribution of the Patrons of the Festival dei Due Mondi
INFORMATION
French-language performance with Italian surtitles
Please be advised that dates and times may be subject to change.
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Isabelle Yasmine Adjani, born to Paris from Algerian father and German mother. Five César Awards for best actress for Possession (directed by Andrzej Zulawski, 1981), L'été meurtrier (directed by Jean Becker, 1983), Camille Claudel (directed by Bruno Nuytten, 1988), La reine Margot (directed by Patrice Chéreau, 1994), La Journée de la jupe (directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld, 2009). Two Best Actress Oscar nominations for Adèle H. (directed by François Truffaut, 1975) and Camille Claudel (directed by Bruno Nuytten, 1988). Prix d'interprétation at the Cannes Film Festival for Possession (directed by Andrzej Zulawski, 1981) and Quartet (directed by James Ivory, 1981). In Theater, she was a trainee at the Comédie Française at the age of 17, for 2 years. She has played, among others, La Dame aux camélias (directed by Alfredo Arias, 2000), La Dernière Nuit pour Marie Stuart (directed by Didier Long, 2007), Opening Night (directed by Cyril Teste, 2019), Le Vertige Marilyn (directed by Olivier Steiner, 2022).
In cinema, between 2020 and 2023, we saw her in Peter Von Kant (directed by François Ozon), Mascarade (directed by Nicolas Bedos), Diane de Poitiers and Adieu Vinyle for France 2 (directed by Josée Dayan), Voleuses (directed by Mélanie Laurent) for Netflix France. In late 2023 she dedicated herself to an album of unreleased duets (Peter Murphy, Christophe, Étienne Daho, Gaëtan Roussel, Youssou N'Dour, among others) composed from Pascal Obispo. He recently began filming for Netflix USA the series The Perfect Couple (directed by Suzanne Beers).
Davide Enia
Liv Ferracchiati, Alice Raffaelli
Antonio Latella
