Marcello Mio

Prepare to enter the multiverse of French and Italian cinema as some of these nations’ brightest stars play alter-images in this metatextual musing from Sorry Angel director Christophe Honoré.

Led by mother and daughter duo Chiara Mastroianni and the legendary Catherine Deneuve, the latter gives some dubious advice to the former on auditioning for actor-turned-director Nicole Garcia (From the Land of the Moon). When the try-out goes awry, Chiara’s wigged out by a note to play it more like her late, great father, La Dolce Vita lead Marcello Mastroianni. Taking it to heart, Chiara borrows a suit from her ex-husband Benjamin Biolay, losing herself in the role of a lifetime. Uncannily adopting Marcello’s mannerisms, an encounter with a soldier (Fleabag's Hugh Skinner, one of the few performers not playing a version of themselves) goes to fascinating places in this genderqueer musing on what it takes to step out of the shadows of those who made us.