Synopsis
All About Actresses (Le Bal des actrices, 2009) is a French tragicomedy by Maïwenn you can watch online on iFILM. Her on-screen character sets out to film a documentary about every kind of actress at once — the stars and the forgotten, the intellectuals and the clowns — barging into their dressing rooms, bedrooms and breakdowns, camera first.
Maïwenn plays herself and casts genuinely well-known French actresses who turn sharp, funny caricatures of their own public personas. Jeanne Balibar, Julie Depardieu, Karin Viard, Muriel Robin and Romane Bohringer open up about aging, rivalry, husbands and the terror of running out of roles. The line between staged scene and real confession dissolves: the director shoots everything, with or without permission, and slowly becomes prey to these fragile manipulators herself. As a directing debut it's jittery, waspish and unexpectedly honest about the acting trade. For anyone who loves caustic French films about filmmaking and the world backstage, it's a direct hit. Stream All About Actresses (2009) online on iFILM.
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