Most Promising Young Actress

Most Promising Young Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin, 2000) is a French comedy directed by Gérard Jugnot — watch it online on iFILM. Laetitia is a teenager in a small Brittany town where her father Yvon runs a hair salon and has exactly one plan for her future: take over the business.

Laetitia has her own plan. She wants to act, and when celebrated director Stéphane offers her a part, the fee for two months on set beats Yvon's annual earnings. He lets her go, grudgingly. Jugnot plays the father himself, somewhere between protective and helpless, while Bérénice Bejo — years before The Artist made her name worldwide — plays Laetitia with quiet, assured ease. A warm comedy about what happens when a daughter chooses her own road. Stream Most Promising Young Actress on iFILM.