During a seminar at EnergaCamerimage Film Festival dedicated to their drama “Pieces of a Woman,” acquired by Netflix following its premiere in Venice, cinematographer Benjamin Loeb and Kornél Mundruczó praised their cast, led by Vanessa Kirby and Shia Labeouf playing a couple dealing with the tragic loss of their newborn child.
Kirby, who left Italy with the Volpi Cup for best actress, has been the subject of Oscar buzz ever since.“Vanessa read the script in July and she was in Budapest within 24 hours.
She was really touched by it,” said Mundruczó.“I knew her from ‘The Crown’ and I was a fan, but Princess Margaret was not that close to [the protagonist] Martha – my Martha.
When we met, I noticed there is something very classic about her.
She is like all the best European icons, like Cardinale or Schygulla, and that’s what this movie needed.
Martha has a connection to someone she lost,
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