Laurent Micheli prepara Lola vers la mer, con Benoît Magimel y Mya Bollaers

por Aurore Engelen

27/07/2018 - El director de Even Lovers Get the Blues empezará a rodar a principios de septiembre su largometraje, que produce Wrong Men

Laurent Micheli prepara Lola vers la mer, con Benoît Magimel y Mya Bollaers

El director Laurent Micheli (© Marie Augustin/Emergence)

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Three years on from the release of his auto-produced film Even Lovers Get the Blues [+lee también:
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The film follows Lola, a young, 18-year-old transgender girl, who learns that she is finally going to get her operation, just as her mother, who was supposed to be supporting her financially, passes away. In respect of her last wishes, Lola and her father, who haven’t seen each other for two years and who are polar opposites in every way, find themselves on a grudging journey to the Belgian coast. As the trip progresses, however, it becomes apparent that the outcome of their journey isn’t entirely the one they expected…

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In his quest to find the actress best suited to play the role of Lola, the director organised a huge number of castings in Francophone countries all around the world. He eventually found the Belgian transgender actress, Mya Bollaers - a highly significant choice at this particular point in time, where many in Hollywood are expressing frustration at the systematic casting of cisgender actors in transgender roles. Sharing centre stage with Bollaers will be French actor Benoît Magimel, who recently starred in Memoir of Pain [+lee también:
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