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Film Noémie Merlant Talks Sisterhood Tale ‘The Balconettes’, Sparked By Her Experiences With “Microaggressions, Major Aggressions And Even Physical Violence”

The French star is hitting Cannes with her second film in the director’s chair, a gorefest that came out of her past experiences with misogyny and a recent bonding session with her BFFs. It also happens to be riotously funny in parts. “What helps me, my friends, to escape from past trauma is humor, the absurd.”

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