Photo of Virginie Efira
Photo of Virginie Efira

Virginie Efira

“I have known Patrick for ages, we were even married for several years, which obviously influenced the shooting. I was very happy he finally succeeded in bringing to life a project he had been developing for 15 years! He knew exactly what he wanted, especially in the character types. He gave me the part of a real bitch, should I be concerned?”

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    SIBYL

    JUSTINE TRIET France, 2019

    In Justine Triet’s Sibyl—starring Gaspard Ulliel, Virginie Efira and Sandra Hüller—chaos equates to delight and the ethically wrong is exhilarating. Psychoanalysis and cinema come together in a thrillingly erotic and perilous game blurring fiction and reality, dizzyingly escaping any classification.

    IN BED WITH VICTORIA

    JUSTINE TRIET France, 2016

    While the American tradition of the romantic comedy has waned in recent years, Justine Triet’s portrait of a woman at a crossroads in the courtroom and bedroom proves the beloved genre is alive and well in France. A feminist revision of the romcom—proving the familiar can still be unpredictable.

    OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN

    REBECCA ZLOTOWSKI France, 2022

    In a touching and graceful tale of modern motherhood and romance, Virginie Efira plays a woman of boundless compassion—and is as radiant as ever. Embracing love in various heart-stealing guises, Rebecca Zlotowski’s fifth feature also has a delightful cameo from adoptive Parisian, Frederick Wiseman!

    NIGHT SHIFT

    ANNE FONTAINE France, 2020

    Bringing a series of events into prismatic light with its Rashomon-effect structure, Anne Fontaine’s policier magnifies the repercussions of emotional entanglement in the workplace. Virginie Efira, Grégory Gadebois, and Omar Sy form an indomitable trifecta of French talent in this riveting film.

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