PART TWO: A CONVERSATION WITH AGATHE ROUSSELLE

Landing a lead role in a Palme d’Or-winning drama from one of France’s most exciting new filmmakers is something most actresses would kill for – particularly a part as complex and challenging as the one Titane provides. Agathe Rousselle gamely takes on the persona of Alexia, a dancer with violent tendencies and strange predilections who goes on the run from her past and forms an unlikely bond with a grieving firefighter. Striking, subtle and hypnotic, she commands the screen in a way that feels effortless – an achievement made all the more impressive given it’s her debut film role.

LWLies: I read that you had an embroidery business before you got the part in Titane?

Rousselle: I have wanted to be an actress since I was 15 or something, so I did a lot of drama classes until I was like 21 or 22. But then I just started doing a bunch of different things that don’t really make sense with each other. It would be absurd to name all the things I did because they