Armand
A new Renate Reinsve movie is always a reason to celebrate, especially one like this which lets her fully utilize her wonderful range.
With her astounding performance in 2021’s The Worst Person in the World, the cinema world fell in love with Renate Reinsve. Her ability to capture the duality of early adulthood was uncanny, infusing the chaos of self-discovery with the vulnerability of knowing you’re a mess. That kind of virtuosity had cinephiles eager for her next steps, which finally came last year when she appeared in four movies. The most lauded of the bunch was A Different Man, in which she is an excellent supporting character. For her next turn as a lead, we had to wait just a little longer for Armand, which won director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel the 2024 Caméra d’Or.
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