They are the revelations of L’amour ouf! Surrounded by an XXL and all-star cast, the two young Klotter and Jack deliver a remarkable performance, standing out from the crowd and portraying these characters with great precision.
Remember their names: Malik Frikah and Mallory Wanecque! Is L’Amour their first movie experience?
Here is their journey to film. And we also recommend discovering where you can see them next!
Malik Fricka, from a famous dancer to a young actor!
Born in Ales, Malik Fricka first became passionate about hip-hop dancing. Thus, very early on he excelled in breakdancing scenes. At the age of 10, he became world champion in the discipline in the under-12 category during the Battle Pro in Toulouse, after winning all the regional and national stages.
His first real film experience was a brief role as Fiesel in the Apaches, a kind of New York French gang set in early 20th century Paris. This movie by Romain Chiro was released in March 2023.
He was then chosen by Gilles Lelouch to play one of the main characters in his new film. love fu.
Casting director Elsa Faraone recently shared, on his InstagramThis dance video used for the casting of L’amour ouf: “Some homemade ribbons are jewelry. Here’s a diamond in the rough: @malikfrikah for the casting of “L’amour ouf” directed by @autopromodegilleslellouche and produced by @al1attal and @hugoselignac in theaters today ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @unlockcasting“
In this feature film, which combines several genres such as musical comedy, thriller and romance, he plays the character of young Francois Civil. The filmmaker recalls: “This casting was done through traditional casting, I auditioned a lot of teenagers.”
He continues: “Malik, his performance during the audition was perfect for what I was looking for for the character of Cloeter. The director’s instructions, which matched the image I had in mind, indicated that Cloeter was waiting for the students to get off the bus in front of the school. He was smoking a cigarette while sitting on the hood of a car, and he enjoyed cursing everyone who passed by. Adolescent”.
“During the auditions, he was the only one who portrayed the scene sitting at the table while everyone else was standing. The way he handled the situation caught my eye and interested me. It turned out that physically he already had Cloeter’s attitude. Despite their favorable looks, they both have incredible talent and I knew that They were perfect actors for these roles.
Mallory Wanecque, at the deep end of auteur cinema at only 15 years old!
Born in 2006, Mallory Vanek is from Valenciennes, Haute-de-France. He was spotted leaving college for Les Pires, the first feature film by Liz Acocca and Romane Guéret. Only 15 years old, she finds herself playing the female lead in a film that echoes her journey: she plays Lily, a teenager who lives in a housing project in Boulogne-Sur-Mer and is picked on with other children. to participate in the filming of a feature film from his area.
Awarded the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and the Diamond Valois at the Angoulême Festival, Les Pires allows Mallory Wanecque to be noticed by the profession. She is nominated for the 2023 César for Most Promising Actress alongside Nadia Tereskevic, Marion Barbeau, Guslagi Malanda and Rebecca Marder.
The young actor continues his comedies as The Prince, in which he plays a boxer, and plays a student in Pas de vague, in which Francois Civil plays a teacher accused of harassment. Therefore, this is not the first time that Mallory Vaneke shares a poster in the same movie as Francois Civil.
In 2024, Mallory Vanek appears on screen in Gilles Lelouch’s L’Amour ouf. In this ambitious film, which combines several genres such as musical comedy, thriller and romance, she plays the character of teenager Adele Exarchopoulos.
In 2025, we will be able to discover Mallory Vanek in two new French feature films. He is waiting for Melissa Drygeard’s Le gang des amazons with Izia Higuelin, Lina Khoudry, Laura Phelpin, Kenza Forta… Like L’amour ouf, it will be a film from more than 30 years ago. The story takes place in the early 90s: five young women, childhood friends, robbed seven banks in the Avignon region. The press nicknamed them the “Amazon gang”. This film is their story.
He will also be in Rapaces, Peter Duruntzis’ second feature film after Vaurien, alongside Sammy Boisillas and Jean-Pierre Darossin. The story follows a father and his daughter, journalist Samuel and his intern Ava, covering the murder of a young girl who was attacked with acid for their magazine. Shocked by the brutality of this murder, as well as the interest in his daughter’s case, Samuel decides to conduct an independent investigation, without the knowledge of his editors, and discovers disturbing similarities with the murder of another woman…
The two films don’t have a release date yet, but both are expected to be released in 2025.
Source: Allocine
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