Gaul's players: The completely new generation

BERENICE BEJOFrom breakout artist to Oscar nominee, it has been an crazy ride recently for your Argentinean-born Bejo. She'd a little sector in John Helgeland's "A Knight's Tale" at the beginning of her career but started developing a status for herself getting a job inside the stylish spy spoof "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies," directed by her husband, Michel Hazanavicius, and co-starring Jean Dujardin inside the title role. The trio reunited for "The Artist," as well as the relaxation, as they say, is history.ASTRID BERGES-FRISBEYFresh-faced thesp Berges-Frisbey, of French and Catalan roots, has received a banner year, turning up using the titular lead inside the Daniel Auteuil-directed period drama "The Well-Digger's Daughter," but furthermore co-starring alongside The Actor-kaira Pitt and Geoffrey Hurry in Make the most of Marshall's "Pirates in the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," through which she carried out the sexy mermaid Syrena. Next may be the the spanish language language-lingo pic "El sexo p laInch from helmer Xavier Villaverde.DJINN CARRENARDA self-trained filmmaker who allegedly made his first feature for 150 ($200), Haitian-born, French-based Carrenard written, directed, produced, edited, shot in addition to did the appear for "Donoma," a gritty but hopeful tale of love inside the Paris housing projects that won the exclusive Louis Delluc Prize for first feature, made a decision up with a jury chaired by Cannes topper Gilles Jacob. Carrenard reaches concentrate on his second feature, "Faire l'amour."DELPHINE & MURIEL COULINDirectorial duos made up of two brothers and sisters are normal, but sister authors-helmers Delphine and Muriel Coulin certainly are a rarity. Delphine is yet another novelist, while Muriel features a background in documentaries. For feature debut, "17 Women," of a pregnancy pact inside a school in the seaside village, they shot using their host to birth but made a decision to keep things a lot more familial, employing their parents as assistants round the film.NICOLAS DUVAUCHELLEA frequent presence on French screens lately, thesp Duvauchelle carried out the dashing love fascination with "The Well-Digger's Daughter" a Parisian Child Protection Unit cop in Maiwenn's contempo drama "Polisse" together with unknown guy getting a present for photography inside the recent hit dramedy "On Air." He started acting in 1999 and contains starred in three films of fest fave Claire Denis, including "Love Travail" as well as the recent "White-colored Material," through which he carried out Isabelle Huppert's boy.JEREMIE ELKAIMWith his roles this season Cannes game game titles "Polisse" and "Commitment of War," the 2nd directed by his ex-partner, Valerie Donzelli, and inspired by their unique encounters utilizing their seriously ill youthful boy, Elkaim has decidedly graduated to seniors roles. He appeared to become heavily mixed up in script and music of "War," roles he'll again reprise for Donzelli's latest project, the musical "Submit Hands."ADELE HAENELThe 2012 French Shooting Star within the Berlin Film Festival, Haenel got her first break at 13 in Christophe Ruggia's "The Devils." Her submit lesbian drama "Water Lilies" also acquired her praise, and he or she starred in believe it or not than three Cannes-selected films a year ago: "Iris flowering" and "Warmth Wave," both Directors' Week options, and Bertrand Bonello's bordello-set costume drama "House of Pleasures," which carried out competing. She'll next be viewed in Sylvie Verheyde's "Confession from the Child in the Century."JOEYSTARRJoeystarr (real title: Didier Morville) increased being famous inside the the 19 nineties incorporated within the bad-boy French rap group NTM. His be employed in Maiwenn's 2009 film "About Stars" first got him observed just like a serious thesp, while his role just like a tough cop getting a heart of gold in "Polisse," also by Maiwenn, acquired him further positive notices. His lighter side was displayed this year in romantic dramedy "Love Lasts three years,In . through which he was effectively cast against type.ERIC TOLEDANO & OLIVIER NAKACHE Unlike the duo from the smash comedy hit "The Intouchables," Nakache and Toledano, who was simply making movies together since the 1990's, are very like-minded they finish one another peoples jokes. Like "The Intouchables," their previous three films -- "Je prefere qu'on reste amis," "People Happy Days" and "So Happy Together" -- are very-paced, polished dramedies with social undertones and satirical humor. "We are planning on comedies that have a meaning and reflect our occasions, like the Italian movies in the '60s and '70s directed by Dino Risi or Ettore Scola," states Nakache. Adds Toledano: "We are feeling we've been effective when we make people laugh about super-serious subjects." OMAR SYThe 2011 local success story of French cinema was certainly "The Intouchables," and since the lesser-known headliner alongside established star Francois Cluzet ("Tell NobodyInch), thesp Sy stands to learn most from the runaway hit. Getting experience in standup comedy, Sy has progressively been developing a status for themselves just like a comedy actor. His casting in "The Intouchables" wasn't exactly an unpredicted, since he's labored with helmers Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache by themselves two previous laffers.Related Links: Gaul photos have a great time, will travel Contact Boyd van Hoeij at news@variety.com