Sandrine Kiberlain directs her first film, the portrait of a carefree Jewish teenager in Paris in May 1942. A film made to address the resurgence of anti-Semitism, a subject that haunts her.
Telling one of the darkest chapters of history in a deliberately joyful manner is the project of *A Girl Who Is Doing Well*. This debut film directed by Sandrine Kiberlain portrays a Jewish teenager (Rebecca Marder from the Comรฉdie-Franรงaise), who lives only for the theater and discovers love with a certain carefreeness, while the collaboration’s grip tightens in Paris in May 1942, where Jews must now wear the yellow star.
Sobriety and minimalism are the key words of this film that dares to offer an unusual representation of an era already frequently depicted in cinema: telling a story without foreseeing what tomorrow will bring.
