THEThe complex transition of a teenager to adulthood, seen through a courtroom. On air at 9.20pm on Rai 3, The girl with the bracelet it is a film that tells with depth and attention one of the most complex moments of life. Revealing to the public the talent of the young Melissa Guers, who with her debut role of Lise Bastille earned a nomination for the César Award for best female talent.
The girl with the braceletthe plot
The story is Lise’s (Melissa Guers), an 18 year old girl accused of stabbing Flora, her best friend, to death. Forced on probation, she wears an electronic bracelet on her ankle that monitors her movements. Awaiting the judgment of the Court of Assizes lives with his parents Bruno and Céline (Roschdy Zem and Chiara Mastroianni), representatives of the middle class.
The couple deals with their daughter’s accusation in totally different ways. Her father proves protective and tries to support her, while her mother is in a dilemma about everything about her, from how to manage the crisis to hypothesizing Lise’s future. Everything changes in court, when Lise’s true lifestyle emerges from the depositions. A disconcerting description of attitudes and character ignored by both parents and the community.
Melissa Guers in a scene from “The Girl with the Bracelet”. (Satine Film)
A legal drama on the mysteries of adolescence
Directed by Stéphane Demoustier, The girl with the bracelet And an excellent film that tells the intricate universe of adolescence with precision and delicacy. A portrait of the psyche of a young woman who bypasses the thriller in favor of the complex labyrinth that holds family, friends and traumas together. With sharp dialogues that they made take home a César Award for best screenplay (Melissa, as we said, was nominated as actress).
AND Wars he is truly admirable in the definition of this character. Thanks to a subtractive acting, made entirely of details, the actress is excellent in allowing a glimpse of the protagonist’s entire inner world, even just from a movement of the eyelid. Or by an imperceptible change in her gaze.
Plus the director chooses very effectively to tell the whole story through the point of view of the observers in the courtroom, and not through the eyes of the accused. A refined solution: «The process serves as a magnifying mirror of intergenerational relationships – said Demoustier at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival. The heroine for me represents the absolute Other, since she is a woman but also an adolescent. And that’s why I built the screenplay around the mystery that this young woman represents in my eyes».
The talent of Melissa Guers
Born in 1997, Melissa he initially dedicated himself to artistic gymnastics; only after high school did he become passionate about the world of cinema. The opportunity came when he was at the Sorbonne University (where he attended the faculty of visual arts: on break from her exams she responds on Facebook to a casting announcement for the protagonist of The girl with the bracelet. It’s 2018, just got the role Stéphane Demoustier subjects her to a list of films to see, preparation for the character of Lise.
«Lise and I are very similar – she told the portal Gala. She has a reserved character just like me and we both don’t let our feelings show.” Although she also said that her desire to become an actress was more a dream than a real desire, Melissa continued with acting in movies like A woman of the world And The prodigy (on Netflix). We will see you again soon The domainsdirected by the Italian Giovanni Aloi.
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