With my only wish: Who is Luisa Chevilota, the heroine of this film about the world of striptease?

“I was very afraid. I was afraid of the male gaze, of the idea that women would be at the service of men, whether they were women-objects or victims.” It was with these preconceptions that Luisa Chevilote approached the world of striptease, the center of the film A My Only Desire, in which she has one of the two main roles.

But the actor quickly changed his mind, admiring the approach of director Lucy Borletto and discovering a real strip club: “It was a wonderful ode to women, a deeply feminist film. The script described a complex and playful femininity, which touched me deeply.”

The daughter of actor Cecil Magnette, Louise Chevilotta naturally turned to comedy. After seeing German actor Lars Eidinger’s Hamlet on stage in 2009, he decided to start his theater training at Compagnie Falaises et Plateaux until 2013. Then he entered the National Drama Conservatory from 2014 to 2017.

Last year, she was noticed by Philippe Garrel and landed her first role in Lover for a Day, which was selected for the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. The actress, nominated for a 2018 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Techniques announcement, plays the companion of a much older man, played by Eric Caravaca. She is looking for a director in 2020 for The Salt of Tears.

At the same time, she holds the first female role in Synonymous, “Ours d’Or” at the Berlin Festival 2019, which follows the footsteps of the newly arrived Israeli in Paris. At the same time, he regularly lights up the boards, especially under Christian Schieretti. After supporting roles in two of 2021’s flagship films (Benedetta and L’Événement), she’s a student who falls in love with our next world hero, a volatile young writer whose lifestyle is beyond her means.

From Wednesday, the actor is seen trying to strip in Àmon Seul Désir, where he falls under the spell of Zita Hanrot. The experience that changed him: “Dawn Giving and helping me put things into perspective, me being a stakhanovite and passionate. It calmed me down and allowed me to look at many things in a complex and uncomplicated way. After performing it, I feel stronger and calmer.”