Zita Hanrot • Actress
"I want to shoot my own movie in London and I'm looking for a producer"
BERLINALE 2020: We have chatted to Zita Hanrot, the French participant in the 2020 Shooting Stars, about her career and her new projects
(Portrait © EFP/Harald Fuhr)
Zita Hanrot studied at the French National Drama School, and while there, was cast in films by Francois Ozon and Mia Hansen-Love, among others. Upon graduating, Philippe Faucon offered her the lead in Fatima [+see also:
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