Jean-Pierre Améris will present his new film «Marie Heurtin»In the 59th edition of the Seminci of Valladolid.
Although it is the first time that the French director attends the Seminci, he is no stranger to Spanish competitions, since in 2001 he was in the official section of the San Sebastian Festival where he won the award for best director for his film «La life "(" C'est la vie ").
This time Jean-Pierre Ameris will fight for the Golden Spike for the best film in one of the most important and oldest Spanish film festivals, after passing through the Locarno Festival where it won the Variety Piazza Grande Award.
"Marie Heurtin", a film based on real events that will be known in Spain as "The story of Marie Heurtin«Tells precisely that, the story of Marie Heurtin, a young woman unable to communicate due to being deaf, mute and blind, who was confined by her parents in a nursing home run by nuns.
Star in the film Isabelle Carré, who was already under the direction of Jean Pierre-Améris in 2010 in the film «Shy Anonymous» («Les émotifs anonymes») and they accompany her in the cast Ariana rivoire, Brigitte catillon y laure duthilleul.
More information - Programming of the Seminci de Valladolid 2014