There’s no place more luxurious than the Golden Triangle in Paris’s 8th arrondissement, where boutiques and luxury hotels line the streets. my lady (Golden triangle), the debut feature film from director Hélène Rousselet Ruiz, co-written by Pauline Gena, which has its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, takes audiences inside that exclusive territory. But not in A Sex and the City In a way, but in the form of an intimate thriller.
Just look at the synopsis: “To make ends meet, Laura works for Soria in a large mansion in Paris’s Golden Triangle. Her lover, a wealthy Saudi prince, has set her up there, and Soria lives in anticipation of his visits. As Laura struggles to adapt to this world of extreme luxury and constant surveillance, a fragile bond begins to form between the two women. But Laura senses that Soria is in danger, and that this gilded cage may be closing in on them.”
The cast is led by Malo Khabizi (Enzo), Sondos Lamp (La cocina) and Ziad Bakri.
my lady Comes from powerhouse producer Marie-Ange Luciani (Anatomy of a fall, Enzo) and is based on the real-life experiences of Roselet Ruiz. With cinematography by David Chamble (Mysterious novel) and edited by Susana Pedro, the film is being sold by MK2 Films. The film will premiere in the Cannes Film Festival’s Special Screenings program on Tuesday, May 19.
“All summer, I was a housekeeper for a wealthy Saudi man, who I gradually realized was the lover of a member of the royal family,” Roselet Ruiz shares in press notes for the film. “The couple were illegitimate and should never have been seen together. But the difference with the situation of Syria in the film is that there were employees. When someone entered, we concealed our presence (and therefore hers) by locking ourselves in one of the wings of the apartment. There was the idea of taboos, and of course very clear power relations. The interior aspect of the film enabled me to imagine a real meeting between these two women, which reality did not allow.”
THR An exclusive clip from… my ladygiving you a rare look behind the usually closed doors of the wealthy, but in this case perhaps also dangerous, lives of people in Paris’s Golden Triangle. Get ready to meet Laura! But the most important thing is to pay close attention to the rules mentioned for it. Because there are surveillance cameras everywhere, and there are all the do’s and don’ts! After all, if this cage is golden, silence may be golden, and rules are everything!
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