In this edition of Screen’s Cannes Close-Up interview series, French actress and singer-songwriter Juliette Armanet talks about her new film Leave One Day that opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and picks out her favourite French films of all time.

Armanet plays a star chef in crisis going back to her parents’ roadside restaurant in the film directed by Amélie Bonnin.

In the interview she also recommends three musts for a Cannes first timer, and why the festival is so important: “A film can changes your life and the way you see the world. We need fiction to be able to survive.”

Cannes Close-Up sees leading talents and figures from the international film industry give insight into their careers and navigating the Cannes Film Festival.

This edition of Cannes Close-Up is in partnership with Unifrance.

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