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A Radiant Girl (French: Une jeune fille qui va bien, lit. 'A young girl who is doing well') is a 2021 French drama film written and directed by Sandrine Kiberlain in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Rebecca Marder as a young Jewish girl aspiring to become an actress during the occupation of France. The film premiered in the International Critics' Week section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Caméra d'Or.

A Radiant Girl
Theatrical release poster
French	Une jeune fille qui va bien
Directed by	Sandrine Kiberlain
Screenplay by	Sandrine Kiberlain
Produced by	Olivier Delbosc Pauline Duhault
Starring	Rebecca Marder André Marcon Anthony Bajon India Hair Françoise Widhoff
Cinematography	Guillaume Schiffman
Edited by	François Gédigier
Music by	Patrick Desreumaux Marc Marder
Production companies	Curiosa Films E.D.I Films France 3 Cinéma
Distributed by	Ad Vitam Distribution
Release dates	8 July 2021 (2021-07-08) (Cannes) 26 January 2022 (2022-01-26) (France)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Premise

In 1942, 19-year-old Irène is a young Jewish girl living in Paris. She has a passion for theatre and dreams of becoming an actress. Irène rehearses Marivaux's L'Épreuve to prepare for an entrance exam to the conservatory.

Cast

• Rebecca Marder as Irène
• André Marcon as André, Irène's father
• Anthony Bajon as Igor, Irène's brother
• India Hair as Viviane, Irène's friend
• Françoise Widhoff as Marceline, Irène's grandmother
• Florence Viala as Josiane, a neighbor
• Ben Attal as Jo
• Cyril Metzger as Jacques
• Jean Chevalier as Gilbert

Production

In May 2017, Sandrine Kiberlain revealed in an interview with Elle magazine that she would be preparing her first feature film and that it was be a long-term project, which would require a lot of time and work.[1] In an interview with Gala magazine, Kiberlain called the film "extremely personal" and explained, "I had the story in me for ten years, and it took me a long year to write it, alone."[2]

Filming began on 17 July 2020 in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, for a period of 5 weeks.[3] Filming concluded in August 2020 in Vexin, which included shots at Nesles-la-Vallée on the Sausseron river, as well as a road between Hédouville and Ronquerolles in the Val-d'Oise department.[4]

Release

The film was selected as a special screening in the International Critics' Week section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival,[5][6] where it had its world premiere on 8 July 2021.[7] It had its theatrical release in France through Ad Vitam Distribution on 26 January 2022.[8]

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 7.00/10.[9]

Jonathan Romney of Screen Daily praised the "highly appealing effusiveness" of Marder's performance but criticized Kiberlain's stylistic choices and the film's "heavy-handed" conclusion: "A Radiant Girl is highly theatrical [...] in its emphasis on the nature of stage performance – which often gets the film bogged down in backstage discussion of a sort that can too easily feel alienating to film audiences. This only adds to the awkwardness of a film that - especially in its treatment of one of the gravest topics in modern French history - ultimately feels as callow as its heroine."[10]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2021	Berlin International Film Festival	Caméra d'Or	Sandrine Kiberlain	Nominated	[11]

References

External links

• Official website
• A Radiant Girl at IMDb 
• A Radiant Girl at Rotten Tomatoes

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