There’s an article in French magazine Les Inrocks about/by Mélanie as part of their “best of 2009″ series.  She talks about her career highlights of 2009, most of which we already know about, but it’s interesting to hear about them in her own words. Notably she sounds cynical about the release of her debut musical album — however, I’m not sure if that means release is officially cancelled. Check it out! We’d also love to have scans of a physical copy of the magazine, so please feel free to donate if you’re able: contact (at) melanie-laurent.net.

2009 vu par Mélanie Laurent : “Je plane”
Mélanie Laurent, actrice glorieuse 2009 a été pour elle l’année des premières fois : premier film américain, premier album, première pièce au théâtre. Dernières impressions.

Inglourious Basterds
Je suis encore dans ce film, ce n’est pas fini. Ce soir, par exemple, c’est la sortie du DVD. Inglourious Basterds, c’est comme un événement mensuel. Il y a deux mois, je l’accompagnais pour la tournée mondiale. La semaine dernière, j’ai passé mon dimanche avec Quentin. J’en suis très heureuse, je pourrais vivre avec ce film pendant des années.

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Also, Merveilleuse Mélanie Laurent has very kindly been made the featured Site of the Month by MrCavill.com. Thank you very much to Arwen! Her site just opened on Christmas Eve, so be sure to check it out if you’re a fan of Henry Cavill!

I was right — we didn’t have to wait long at all for more “La Rafle” content! A teaser trailer has been released, which you can view below, as well as screenaptures that have been added to the gallery. I’ve also added some belated “Le Concert” screencaptures from the full-length theatrical trailer and a brief making-of.

Gallery Links:
Film Productions > La Rafle (2010) > Teaser Trailer – Captures
Film Productions > Le Concert (2009) > Theatrical Trailer – Captures

8 new production stills have finally been released for March 2010′s “La Rafle,” and one of them features Mélanie in her role as Annette Monod. Click below to see it in larger quality. Since the film is already generating buzz in France, hopefully we won’t have to wait too long for more material!

Gallery Links:
Film Productions > La Rafle (2010) > Production Stills

While on winter holidays, I decided to get more of the site up-to-date with older material! Today it’s screencaptures from another older film of Mélanie’s, 2006′s “Dikkenek,” in which she acted alongside Marion Cotillard. There are captures from both the movie itself and the making-of. Enjoy!

Gallery Links:
Film Productions > Dikkenek (2006) > DVD Screencaptures
Film Productions > Dikkenek (2006) > DVD Extras – Making-Of

As many of you probably know by now, Diane Kruger was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. While undoubtedly some of it comes down to the Weinstein Company campaigning Mélanie for Lead Actress, Owen Gleiberman at the EW.com Movie Critics blog wrote an entry taking the stance that it should have been Mélanie nominated instead. It’s definitely worth a read! Do you have any thoughts of your own? As webmiss of this site I have an obvious bias, but Bridget was also my favorite character in “Basterds,” so personally I’m still very happy for Diane.

The SAG nominees: Why they chose the wrong Actress from ‘Inglourious Basterds’

I thought the Screen Actors Guild showed more or less impeccable taste in their nominations this year (though for Best Cast, how could they have possibly forsaken the sublimely acted Up in the Air…and picked the hot warblers of Nine instead?). So in drawing attention to one performer, in particular, whom they left out of the Best Supporting Actress category, I solemnly promise you that I won’t exploit the s-word. (I’ll at least say it out loud once: snub.) What I will note is that this particular omission is worth talking about, if only because I flat-out adore this performance, and I suspect that many others do too.

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It might not be one of the big ones, but nevertheless, congratulations to Mélanie for nabbing “Best Actress” by the Austin Film Critics Association! “Inglourious Basterds” in general received 3 honors total. The French Lumière nominations were also announced and Mélanie was not among them for “Le Concert”, but both Oscar and César nominations are still upcoming.

Best Actress:
Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds

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I’ve added screencaptures to the gallery from the only 2008 production we were still missing, Cédric Anger’s “Le Tueur.” Mélanie’s role as Stella wasn’t that large in the movie, but the caps are worth checking out to see her in the auburn wig she wore for the part.

Gallery Links:
Film Productions > Le Tueur (2008) > DVD Screencaptures

Here are some screencaptures of the extra features on the Region 1 2-DVD release of “Inglourious Basterds” that Mélanie was featured in! As you can see, she wasn’t featured very prominently at all — one is an extended version of the lunch scene with Goebbels, and one is Mélanie on the gag reel of sorts called “Hi Sallys.” However, in an overview of the special features on the French Blu-Ray edition, it mentions cast interviews and a “making-of” tour of the set, costumes, etc., neither of which were on this release. As other editions of the DVD are released in different countries, we’d appreciate any donations of screencaptures from special features with Mélanie that we don’t have!

Gallery Links:
Film Productions > Inglourious Basterds (2009) > DVD Extras – “Hi Sallys”
Film Productions > Inglourious Basterds (2009) > DVD Extras – Extended Scene #1