Joely Mbundu • Attrice
"Posso dire di aver lavorato con due dei migliori registi di sempre: i fratelli Dardenne sono semplicemente fantastici"
di Ana Stanic
BERLINALE 2023: L'attrice, che ha recitato in Tori e Lokita dello scorso anno, ci racconta di più sulla sua carriera, che è chiaramente solo all'inizio
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Joely Mbundu hails from Villeneuve-St-Georges, France and attended school in Flanders, Belgium. She has been involved in various forms of dance - including classic, hip hop and jazz - for many years. Mbundu began her acting career with a bang, in the critically acclaimed role of Lokita in the most recent film by the Dardenne brothers, Tori and Lokita [+leggi anche:
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scheda film]. The film premiered in Competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and went on to win a special prize in honour of Cannes’ 75th Anniversary. From there, it has garnered awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival, San Sebastián Film Festival and the Seville European Film Festival, where it was honoured with the Grand Audience Award.
Now selected for EFP's 2023 Shooting Stars, she talks to us.