French actor and musician Charlotte Gainsbourg will attend the 31st Busan International Film Festival, where she will take part in a Cine Class and a special screening and discussion of Melancholia.
Gainsbourg has worked across film and music for more than four decades, appearing in films including The Little Thief, 21 Grams, I’m Not There, Antichrist and Nymphomaniac. She won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009 for her performance in Lars von Trierβs Antichrist.
At BIFF, Gainsbourg will present a special screening of von Trierβs Melancholia, which she personally selected for the festival. The screening will be followed by an on-stage conversation with Korean actor Jung Eun-chae covering the film, Gainsbourgβs collaborations with von Trier and her career.
Gainsbourg will also participate in the Cine Class βCharlotte Gainsbourg: The Muse of French Chicβ at 1:30 p.m. on October 8 at the Culture Hall on the ninth floor of Shinsegae Centum City. Tickets for the session go on sale September 21 at 2 p.m.
The 31st Busan International Film Festival runs from October 6 to 15 at the Busan Cinema Center and other venues across Busan.
