Finally we have screencaptures of Mélanie’s 2009 film “Le Concert” in our gallery, along with caps of the DVD extras! Apologies for the delay on these — the whole process is always harder work than I think it’ll be. Enjoy!

Congratulations to Mélanie! She has been nominated for a Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer for her role in “Promenade de Santé” — the theater’s equivalent of her 2007 César nomination, basically! The ceremony will be held at the end of April. Best of luck to Mélanie and fingers crossed for a win!

A bit more info on Mélanie’s new film! As predicted, that wasn’t the final title: news sites are now reporting it as “Un Requiem pour Mister Child.” Tchéky Karyo plays her boss, and Christoper Stills plays the baritone singer she’s been contracted to kill. Read a bit more below in French! The site linked below is also reporting Mélanie’s character’s name as “Lucrèce.”

Est-ce d’avoir tourné pour Quentin Tarantino ? On ne sait pas, mais en tout Mélanie Laurent va sortir toutes armes dehors pour Un Requiem Pour Mister Child dans lequel elle jouera une tueuse à gages passionnée d’opéra. Un mélange entre Kill Bill et Le Concert ?

Cette Nikita nouvelle génération doit évidemment mener un bien un contrat : l’assassinat d’un baryton lors d’un Festival en Suisse. La demoiselle se fera alors passer pour une chanteuse lyrique, interprète du Messie d’Haendel… Et évidemment, tout ne se passera pas forcément comme prévu. N’empêche, on a hâte de voir Mélanie Laurent dans ce nouveau registre, mix entre film d’action et thriller politique – politique en effet, car on y croisera également le contre-espionnage français sous couverture, en la personne de Clovis Cornillac en vrai-faux guitariste. Tchéky Karyo complète le trio de choc dans la peau du patron de Mélanie Laurent.

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Mélanie is the model for a feature on fashion house Balenciaga in the spring issue of i-D magazine! The article isn’t about her, but designer Nicolas Ghesquière had a few kind words for Mélanie nevertheless. You can see scans below, thanks to The Fashion Spot member fearless123, as well a quote! This might explain why she chose Balenciaga alone to attend during fashion week!

But it was Mélanie Laurent he turned to when approached as to who should model in this Balenciaga special. “Mélanie is an actress who is on her way, I trust that she will go on to do some great and powerful roles,” says Ghesquière. “I saw an interview with her on TV one day when she was so funny, completely hyperactive and crazy but in a good way, she wanted to dance, she wanted to sing, I appreciate that, her honesty, she doesn’t have to hide or pretend. I thought to myself, ‘this one is so much fun!’”

For the release of “La Rafle”, Mélanie was interviewed on talk show “L’Invité” as well as the website Cinefil.com. You can watch the videos here and here and also view captures below. Enjoy!

Okay! There have been a few new Mélanie interviews/news articles I’ve missed posting while I’ve been busy, and I’m having trouble tracking all of them down again, but in the meantime there are two important bits of information that have surfaced: one, that her début full-length album with Damien Rice is officially completed, and two, she’s filming a new movie before “Putain de pluie !” shoots in October.

No news (still) on when the album is due to be released — I’m guessing summer, like she previously stated — but for people wondering about the language of the album, it’s all in French. The new film starts shooting at the end of May in Lyon, and it’s the debut feature by director Jêrome Legris. Mélanie plays a killer-for-hire who doubles as a singer in her spare time. Rhone Alpes Cinéma says the title is “Un requie pour un tueur”, but it’s not on any of the major film sites yet, so things might have changed since then. Still, this is exciting news! I was anxious to hear what her next film project would be since she pulled from “La Fille du puisatier.”

Hello, all! Here are scans of Mélanie in Femina magazine, where she is photographed alongside “La Rafle” co-star Gad Elmaleh. There are two photo pages and two pages of interview, where they talk about the film. Many thanks (again!) to Marine for these scans, without whom our magazines section would be a pretty sad sight!

Mélanie attended a photocall for the (second?) Paris premiere of her new film “La Rafle”, which is released nationwide across France in 2 days. You can see a few pictures in the gallery! I also have some other things to add to the gallery in between new public appearances, like scans and screencaptures of “Le Concert”, so time permitting hopefully you’ll be seeing those soon. Enjoy!