The film, which was selected for Un Certain Regard at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival, nominated for a Queer Palme and touted as a "fascinating tale of empowerment" (The Guardian), was inspired by Clémentine Dellet, a bearded French woman who actually lived in France. Directed and written by Stephanie Di Giusto, whose previous film "The Dancer" (16) made a strong debut at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, where it was entered and nominated in the same category, the film portrays a woman who believes in love despite her complexities. The role of Rosalie is played by Nadia Teleskiewicz, an up-and-coming actress who came to prominence in François Ozon's "I Did It" (23). Rosalie's husband, Abel, is played by Benoit Magimel, one of the most famous actors in French cinema, whose credits include "The Pianist" (2001) and "Pot-au-feu: The Gourmet and the Cook" (23). A courageous story of one woman who stopped hiding her beard and lived her life as it was was born.

The following is a secret story about the shooting of the film, which was revealed in an interview with the director. The director of the film, in an interview with the director, revealed the secret story of the shooting of the film, including "This is a story of creation and love," "I recreated the atmosphere of Roman Polanski's 'Tess'" and "I chose Nadia as the heroine because she is sensual in her beard.

Comments from celebrities who were impressed by the film "Rosalie" have also now arrived. Actor Miki Nakatani, who is friends with the film's director and lead actress Nadia Teleskiewicz, was one of the first to see the film in its home country of France. She praised the film, saying, "I got goosebumps from the poetic images that question the very concept of beauty through the external difference of hypertrichosis. Fumi Momose, an artist who pursues issues related to sexuality and gender, referring to the couple's relationship in the film, said, "Perhaps it is from the moment one finds a scar on the other's skin that is similar to one's own and touches it that one is able to be close to another person for the first time. Writer Fumi Mizukami, who has also published essays and other works related to gender and sexuality, made a series of sharp comments, such as "What tormented her continues to exist in us, here and now," suggesting an identity that is also relevant to people today.

[Comment.

▼ Miki Nakatani (Actor)
The poetic images that question the very concept of beauty through the external difference of hypertrichosis gave me goosebumps. Director Di Giusto gracefully depicts the liberation of a woman trapped in the gaze of others, while at the same time dissolving the boundaries between beauty and ugliness, and quietly reminding us that human dignity is not based on outward appearances, but on the light that comes from self-affirmation.

▼ Fumi Momose (Artist)
To live "as is" also means to be prepared to take that first step with the fear that someone will reject you. The recipient does not always know whether or not he or she can accept the other person until the time comes. Still, people change through a series of clumsy exchanges. This is Rosalie's story as well as Abel's. From the moment one finds a scar on the other person's skin that is similar to one's own and touches it, one may be able to be close to another person for the first time.

▼ Fumi Mizukami (Writer)
Rosalie's story clearly illustrates how gender norms limit human life. Her courage in the face of hardship is inspiring - but we cannot only admire it. But we can't just admire her courage in the face of adversity, because what tormented her is still with us, here and now. It is a question for those of us who are trapped in the norm.

▼ Yoshihiko Yatabe (Former Director, Tokyo International Film Festival)
A simple and powerful story that conveys the message to live life as it is, but also addresses the difficulty of putting this message into practice. In order to dissolve the prejudices of the world, one must first have the power to transcend oneself. Rosalie is the personification of that power. I must become Rosalee.

▼ Yuka Terashima (Film columnist)
The film carefully captures and depicts the emotions of Rosalie and her husband Abel as they live their lives as they are, as beings different from other people. The determination of Rosalie and her husband, Abel, to accept each other and the true love that they reach is so beautiful and heartbreaking.

▼ Leila Okuhama (film and music personality)
The villagers' negative reactions and curiosity toward Rosalie's body hair are exactly the way we deal with those who are different from us. This attitude of ostracizing anyone who deviates from the norm of "how it should be" remains commonplace even today, when there are voices against the supremacy of appearances. This film carefully captures the self-acceptance of a woman as well as the political nature of the hair that "just grows there" on her body, and asks the question, "Is there a place where you can stay as you are?

[Film info.

『Rosalee.Rosalie
Director/Screenplay: Stephanie Di Giusto Screenplay cooperation: Sandrine Lextumer
Cast: Nadia Tereskiewicz, Benoit Magimel
Distributor: The KLOCKWORX Co.
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The film opens in theaters nationwide on May 2 (Fri.) at Shinjuku Musashino Theatre and other locations!