Great, great news everyone! Mélanie has made her first appearance at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. According to this article, Mélanie arrived at Cannes on Monday. Thanks to Mariana, we have the translated article. I’ll be posting it at the end of this news feed. Mélanie attended the screening of a movie entitled “Che”, looking simply radiant, and dawning a very brunette color. I’m going to try and collect more pictures from this event, but so far I haven’t been able to find too much. However, stay tuned for more updates!

At 25 years old and despite a whooping-cough that is killing her voice, Mélanie Laurent is living on a little cloud. The reason? She’s just finished a 7 minute long short film called “De Moins En Moins”, the story of a “patient who, in her psychologist’s office, starts to remember less and less”. She’s also signed for a long feature film, will play as an actress in a film this Summer, and will direct a stage play in Paris, near the Champs-Elysées. “I’m starting to get recognized but nobody bugs me. There’s no hysteria or intimate embraces. I’m at a perfect inbetween place”.

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In light of Marion’s recent North American success, Premiere Magazine has collected quotes from Marion Cotillard’s past co-stars on how they feel about her. Mélanie spoke candidly on her feelings towards the Oscar-nominated actress, whom she shared screen time with in the 2006 comedy Dikkenek. Huge thanks to Maria for this translated quote!

“She’s my most beautiful encounter cinema-wise. We resemble each other, we both hate female relations, jealousy between girls… She’s absolutely in accord with what she declares in the media. When she says that she’s bio and an ecologist, I confirm it to you. She actually becomes hysterical if she sees someone throw some paper in the street. And at her home, all the products are bio. You open her fridge, you go to her bathroom, you freak out. She only takes showers, she sorts her garbage. She’s the person who’s the most actress and the least actress that I know.”