Noémie MerlantSeeing Second Director Highlights a reunion with one of her most iconic collaborators: her “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” director Céline Sciiamawho together wrote Merlant’s latest film “The balconies. “
Merlant again turns on the screen in the role of C-List actress Élise, who has recently been cast as Marilyn Monroe in a television movie. “Balconettes” centers on a trio of roommates (one of whom is Élise) as “Meddle in the lives of the livese of the lives from their Marseilles balcony under a swelling heat wave, until a drink in the evening spirals to a bloody confrontation”, as Logline reads. The function’s co -stars Souheila Yacoub, Sanda Codreanu and Lucas Bravo, who filmed “The Balconettes” just before Melanie Laurent’s real crime hike “Freedom.” Bravo Previously, IndieWire told That his turn in “The Balconettes” was a “very demanding role” when playing a “sociopath.”
Merlant debuted his functional director with “Mi UBITA, Mon Amour” 2020. “The Balconettes” premiered at the Film Festival 2024.
The Indieview review Deemed the feature to be a “physically uninhibited and formally unbound rape-revenge horror-comedy,” With Critic David Ehrlich Writing, “Noémie Merlant Has Never Shied Away From an Opportunity to Redefine Hows Femed How Female Hows Female HOW FEMALE BODIE BODIE BODES A FEMEBODE HOW FEMALE BODES A FEME HOW FEBETE HOW FEMANS ABODIE HOW FEMAS AGEFINE HOW FEME HOW FEMALE BODEED FEMAS AS FEBETED ON On Fire ‘Star’s Recent Pivot Behind the camera Has Only embolded her efforts to reject the male Gaze by invitation her characters to recover their oppressive hyper-sexualization on their own conditions for all gravity that Merlant reserves for his film treatment, “Balconett,” Balconett. characters of the same kind as they exist. How women are seen in the world and how they see themselves in return. ”
The film was later acquired by Indie distributor The Forge in October 2024.
“It is such a joy to know that” Balconettes “is released in the United States, the cinema’s country,” Merlant said in a press release to IndieWire. “Sharing the movie there feels deeply meaningful to me, because so much of my love for stories was formed by American film culture. Seeing this strange, fearless little film finding its audience in such a historical space for cinema is an emotional milestone. This is a movie we made with our hearts and our bowels: together, as a team, and in close collaboration.
Forge -VD Mark Sayre praised Merlant’s singular vision for his second film. “‘Balconettes’ not only plays with genre, it detonates it,” said Sayre. “Noémie (Merlant) has made a movie that is as infinite as the women at the center: wild, fun, furious and vividly with risks. We couldn’t look away and we didn’t want to. Release this movie feels less like a business decision and more like a wave. One we are proud to take.”
Forge acquisition manager Decker Sadowski, who conveyed the deal, added: “We are pleased to bring Balconettes to North American audience. Noémie Merlant has delivered a bold, genre-compliant debut that is as arrest as it is fun.
Forge will also premiere Māori who comes from the age “We were dangerous” soon beyond “The Balconettes.”
Forge will release “The Balconettes” at the IFC Center in New York City and Landmark’s Nuart Theater in Los Angeles in theaters on Friday 22 August to Thursday, August 28, followed by a long -term edition in additional markets. Check out the trailer below.
