Shakira
by Noémie Merlant
Official selection 2020
Official synopsis
In a slum located under the bridges of Paris, Shakira wants to join a gang to save her family from being evicted. Shakira is the Scheherazade of our time, and her story is a small part of Victor Hugo’s court of miracles. In this short film, the taste for risk brings together the caresses of nascent love and the burns of misery. But, as Victor Hugo might have put it, the most beautiful flowers grow on garbage.
Biography and Filmography
Born in 1988, Noémie Merlant is a French actress and director. Trained at the Cour Florent, she was nominated for Most Promising Actress in 2017 for her role in Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar’s “Heaven Will Wait” and for Best Actress for Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” in 2019. This year, she also starred in Nathan Ambrosioni’s “Paper Flags” and Zoé Wittock’s “Jumbo”. “Shakira” is her first professional short film as a director.
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by Noémie Merlant
Born in 1988, Noémie Merlant is a French actress and director. Trained at the Cour Florent, she was nominated for Most Promising Actress in 2017 for her role in Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar’s “Heaven Will Wait” and for Best Actress for Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” in 2019. This year, she also starred in Nathan Ambrosioni’s “Paper Flags” and Zoé Wittock’s “Jumbo”. “Shakira” is her first professional short film as a director.