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CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG MELANCHOLIA The star of Lars von Trier’s harrowing Antichrist returned to work with the Danish auteur on the apocalyptic drama Melancholia. Gainsbourg plays Claire, one of two sisters at


the centre of the film about the end of the world. Kirsten Dunst plays her younger sister, Justine (see left). The cast also includes Kiefer Suther- land, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård, Stellan Skarsgård and Udo Kier. “I don’t really have the impression that we’re


portraying women in particular,” Gainsbourg says. “I have the impression that with Antichrist I was playing him, and Kirsten was playing him in this film. Of course they are beautiful parts for women, but I don’t see the separation between male and female characters.” Gainsbourg was nominated for an EFA as


European Actress in 2009 for Antichrist and won the best actress prize at Cannes for the same role. Her other credits include Julie Bertuccelli’s The Tree, Michel Gondry’s The Science Of Sleep and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 21 Grams.


NADEZHDA MARKINA ELENA Winner of the special jury prize in Un Certain Regard at Cannes this year, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Elena tells the story of a woman who comes up with a plan to kill her husband when it becomes clear he is going to die without leaving her unem- ployed son any money. Delivering a magnificent performance, which


grounds the drama, Russian actress Nadezhda Markina plays the titular wife who selects her biological family over her wealthy second hus- band when the financial stakes are high. Elena has drawn critical plaudits for its examination of relatives torn asunder in Russia’s post-commu- nist consumer society. Markina is a popular film and TV actress in Russia, whose feature credits include Aleksei Karelin’s Lyudi Dobrye and Pavel Lungin’s The Wedding. The film is the third feature from director Zvy-


agintsev after The Return (which won the Venice Golden Lion and a European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year in 2003) and The Banishment.


TILDA SWINTON WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Tilda Swinton has been widely acclaimed for her powerful and subtly drawn performance as the mother at the heart of Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin. Based on Lionel Shriver’s bestselling novel, the


film follows Eva, a tormented woman dealing with the most difficult of sons. A premiere in competition at Cannes this year, the film also stars Ezra Miller and John C Reilly. Swinton was also an executive producer on the project “The role of Eva requires an incredibly com-


plex mix of intelligence and empathy,” says pro- ducer Jennifer Fox. “Tilda is so strong at conveying a character’s impulses and often unconscious desires. She is absolutely riveting.” The film has won several awards, including


best film at the London Film Festival, while Swinton has a best actress nomination at the British Independent Film Awards. Swinton won a BAFTA and an Oscar for best


supporting actress in Michael Clayton and was nominated for European Actress of the Year at the European Film Awards in 1993 for Orlando.


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