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Charlotte Gainsbourg Explains Lure of ‘The Almond and the Seahorse,’ Learning From Lars von Trier, Shooting Doc About Mother Jane Birkin

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Ed Meza @edmezavar Celebrated actor and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, speaking to an audience at the Zurich Film Festival, shared her experiences filming Celyn Jones and Tom Stern’s “The Almond and the Seahorse,” the valuable instructions received from Lars von Trier, and the challenges of shooting a documentary about mother Jane Birkin.

Based on the play of the same name by Kaite O’Reilly, who wrote the screenplay with Jones, “The Almond and the Seahorse,” which screens in Zurich’s Gala Premieres section, revolves around two couples struggling with severe brain injuries.

Toni (Gainsbourg) is dealing with her partner Gwen (Trine Dyrholm), who no longer is the same person that she was before. She finds support in Sarah (Rebel Wilson), whose husband Joe (Jones) is suffering from a similar brain injury.

Gainsbourg said it was these four characters that attracted her to the film. “There are two couples and the two partners of the ones wounded, the sick ones, end up crossing paths.” The film touchingly examines the plight of the patients but also deals with what the loved ones are going through. “I thought it was a very beautiful perspective of four characters.

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