Marion Cotillard on Leos Carax’s Musical ‘Annette’ and How Edith Piaf Changed Her Life

In a 90-minute onstage interview at the Marrakech Film Festival, Marion Cotillard – a best actress Oscar winner with “La Vie en Rose” – spoke about how she chooses her roles, suggesting that it is the characters who actually pick her.“I believe that the characters choose us, when they need us to tell their story.

I then try to understand why,” she said.Cotillard has recently finished filming Leos Carax’s musical comedy “Annette,” which is produced by Charles Gillibert’s CG Cinema, (“Personal Shopper”) and released by Amazon Studios in the U.S.The project brings together rock band Sparks, which is composing original songs, with music producer Marius de Vries (“La La Land”).It is Cotillard’s most directly singer-orientated role since her performance as Edith Piaf in “La Vie en Rose.”She first met Carax to talk about the project three years ago, but was unavailable for the

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