By Heart

Benoît Jacquot
2022-12-28


5.9
76 min

It’s summertime, 2021. Isabelle Huppert plays Lioubov, Chekhov’s unforgettably heroine in The Cherry Orchard. In a near theatre, Fabrice Luchini recites Nietzsche. Both actors are premiering at Avignon’s Festival. When they leave backstage to stand out on stage, they are completely transformed. As everything seems utterly natural, audience does not imagine what happened before. By following their daily lives during the weeks preceding the premieres, Benoît Jacquot brings a singular perspective of the two actors and shows them like we’ve never seen before.

Cast

Name Character Team
Isabelle Huppert Self Calvin and Nobbs
Fabrice Luchini Self Unowned
Benoît Jacquot Voice Unowned