Grave, Succession, Cannes 2023: Who is Ella Rumpf, the revelation of Marguerite’s theorem?

You probably know the series and movies in which he acted, but his face is not quite familiar to you. For what ? Because in each of her roles she changes her appearance to the point of suspicion, sometimes rebellious, cannibalistic, fragile or femme fatale. Or here, the young girl behind the glasses, deleted. It was in Cannes that we met him.

An actor who likes to hide behind his characters

After worrying about Julia Ducournau’s tombstone poster, fascinated by the series of Tokyo Vice, or even after visiting the world of heritage, Ella Rumpf blinds Croisette on the poster of Marguerite’s theorem, in the skin of a brilliant mathematical researcher at ENS. who, after an error discovered during the submission of his thesis, sees his bankruptcy assured. He then decides to leave everything behind to (re)start life.

Knowing how to subtly install the atmosphere that reigns in the Grandes Ecoles, the confinement to the world and the blindness that occurs when work is valued at any price, Anna Novion’s film, which is presented in special screenings, sharply paints an atypical heroine, “funny” In the surprising sense of the term, trying to find a place in a world where feelings have no place before the tangibility of figures and the search for ultimate scientific truth.

A heroine that her translator did not want “adjustment” And that he built through a discussion with his director, among other things finding his look and “her slippers” as much as “the nuances of his humor,” To lighten the demanding subject of mathematics.

A subject that the audience is immediately drawn to without caring about the subject matter, in spite of himself, embarked on the side of this tough and clumsy character who traverses the world and interacts with others effortlessly. Uncomfortable in her private life as well as in her rigid professional life (inhabited by the implacable Jean-Pierre Daroussin), Marguerite will see her framed world gradually disintegrate, of well-ordered geometric lines, as well as feelings and encounters (with the charismatic Julien Frison ) will surpass everything.

Because reflection on appearance and posture is at the heart of her modeling work, Ella Rumpf is able to walk through our world. “without anything” His hero wanted “Establishing Order in Infinity” to silence his initial anxiety.

“I like to play with it, to go a little overboard, to be lost in another world.” “Walk like a line, don’t fall, find the right balance, change that character, find his way to try things.” This is the hardest and most important thing according to this young actor-chameleon, who also likes to hide behind characters to better tell their story.

A chameleon and an eclectic cast, on all fronts

“I don’t want to show off too much, I actually started the movie with a shaved head Krieg. Away from my feminine appearance, I began to relate to my femininity and my profession in a rather special way.It ends with us trusting. “shy”It is basically described “naive” At an early age, he always wanted to make movies or act in movies, and with the innocence he put into it, he was just looking for casting directors.

“It was while growing up that I realized that this was a difficult, non-superficial profession, a research profession, which I value very much.” The profession, which he likes to explore from all angles and on all fronts, goes without a complex from the provocative auteur cinema of Julia Ducournau to the famous and demanding series that Tokyo Vice Or at least a legacy in which he looked great.

“Seriously, it was a great first film for all of us and one that brought us together where we crossed a certain line but without thinking about it. Remembering certain scenes comes later! I was and I’m proud to be a part of that. A piece that stays in people’s minds that continues the journey , which is marked and which we still talk about today. I didn’t immediately capture the journey that the film took, because I went back to Switzerland, Germany and turned from left to right.”

From left to right and above all directly, because it was at this moment that he entered the diverse world of serials: the German police (Freud), the Japanese (Tokyo Vice) or the American (inheritance).

“I joined this world in a natural way, without expectations, I am very happy to be a part of it and discover completely different worlds, especially Tokyo Vice And Japan, quite a special experience to enter this world of 90s Yakuza.

When asked about his preferences, he answers without hesitation that he watches more movies than series, which take up too much time… which he does not have. “I like to walk into a room and watch a movie on the big screen, I’m an avid viewer who likes when movies resonate with you”. Like those it offers and embodies on a European and slowly international scale.