By Heart
It’s summertime, 2021.Isabelle Huppert plays Lioubov, Chekhov’s unforgettably heroine in The Cherry Orchard.In a near theatre, Fabrice Luchini recites Nietzsche.Both actors are premiering at Avignon’s Festival.When they leave backstage to stand out on stage, they are completely transformed.As everything seems utterly natural, audience does not imagine what happened before.
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
2 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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It’s summertime, 2021. Isabelle Huppert plays Lioubov, Chekhov’s unforgettably heroine in The Cherry Orchard. In a near theatre, Fabrice Luchini recites Nietzsche. Both actors are premiering at Avignon’s Festival. When they leave backstage to stand out on stage, they are completely transformed. As everything seems utterly natural, audience does not imagine what happened before. By following their daily lives during the weeks preceding the premieres, Benoît Jacquot brings a singular perspective of the two actors and shows them like we’ve never seen before.
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- Release date
- Dec 28, 2022
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
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- Language
- French
- Country
- France
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