Andie McDowell’s daughter Margaret Qualley lights up the red carpet

The main actress of the opening film “My Salinger Year”, the young and pretty Margaret Qualley brought a smile back to the Berlinale after an opening day marked by the attack in Hanau.

New tandem at the head of the Berlinale which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, the Italian Carlo Chatrian, former director of the Locarno festival, and the Dutch Mariette Rissenbeek undoubtedly dreamed of a more festive opening. But now, the sad German news – the far-right attacks in Hanau – could not leave the public and the Festival indifferent. A minute of silence was observed in memory of the nine victims and everything appeared very paltry, the controversy over the choice of British actor Jeremy Irons as president of the jury, like the charming and somewhat inconsistent “My Salinger Year” by Canadian Philippe Falardeau, who opened the ball this Thursday evening.

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Adapted from a bestseller by Joanna Rakoff, the film follows a young ingenuous, Joanna, who dreams of becoming a novelist in New York and works in a publishing house. As its title suggests, “My Salinger Year” attempts to rediscover the adventurous spirit of “The Heart Catcher” by the cult writer J.D Salinger, a great tale of the transition to adulthood. Lacking energy in the staging, the film relies heavily on its two main performers, Sigourney Weaver, who runs the publishing house, and especially Margaret Qualley in her first big role in the cinema. Her name may not mean anything to you, especially if you’re not a follower of the series “The Leftlovers” – she embodies the character of Jill Garvey – and you missed “Once Upon A Time … in Hollywood “Quentin Tarantino in which she seduced Brad Pitt in the role of Pussycat, but it is the daughter of actress Andie MacDowell which she inherited the charm and apparent simplicity. A model since the age of 16, Margaret Qualley had been revealed by Gia Coppola in “Palo Alto” before playing a role in the film “Death Note”. She was also the one who danced in front of Spike Jonze’s camera for the Kenzo commercial.

Friday, place in the competition with “El Profungo” by Natalia Meta and “Volevo Nascondermi” by Giorgio Diritti while Johnny Depp is expected in Berlin for the presentation of “Minamata”.

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