Sandrine Kiberlain stars in a film inspired by a woman considered the first French international star. We now know the release date of this highly anticipated biopic.
After playing Simone de Beauvoir, Sandrine Kiberlain will once again lend her treatment to a celebrity from the world of the arts. In the film Violette, directed by Martin Provost, released 10 years ago, she played opposite Emmanuelle Devos as Violette Leduc, and she in the costume of the author Simone de Beauvoir.
This time, she will be Sarah Bernhardt! She will be the heroine of the film called Sarah Bernhardt, the divine, directed by Guillaume Nicloux. The French Film revealed the information a few months ago, presenting her as “the first international French star”. This will be the first film dedicated to this woman, known as a tragedian.
We now know that the film, shot last January-February, will be released this fall. It is dated October 30, 2024.
What plot?
The story begins in Paris, in 1915. Sarah Bernhardt was then 70 years old. The day after the amputation of her leg, she confided in her godson Sacha Guitry, a young author already recognized, about a passionate story that she experienced when she was younger… For a brilliant author and actor named Lucien Guitry, the father by Sacha.
“This woman was incredibly modern in her opinions and her private life, the first influencer and the first world star. The film will not be an official biopic, but will discuss certain aspects of his life from 1884 to 1923” according to François Kraus, one of the film’s producers, in the columns of Film Français.
Laurent Lafitte as Sacha Guitry
The cast will be composed of Laurent Lafitte in the role of Sacha Guitry. Around them, “Amira Casar (Louise Abéma, painter and best friend of Sarah Bernhardt), Pauline Etienne, Laurent Stocker and Sébastien Pouderoux, both from the Comédie-Française”, specifies Le Film Français.
The film will be released in theaters on October 30, 2024.