Interviews With "Armand" Director/Writer Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel & Star Renate Reinsve

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4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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"Armand" had its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, where it won the Caméra d'Or for Best Debut Feature Film. It was chosen as the Norwegian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards and made the December shortlist. Director/Writer Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel & Star Renate Reinsve were both kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in select theaters from IFC Films. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and these are Dan Baer's interviews with the director and writer of the film Armand, Halftan Olman Tarn. And the film star Renata Rattah Ratzma. What's the this is no home here? This is a realvolvely. I'm not yet to talk in her unfurly. Oh, what are very? You're not at the top of the room for a little bit of a line?
0:26.6	She's bet.
0:28.6	She's a very much-drawn.
0:30.6	So here I think I'm a very troubled very soon.
0:32.6	Yeah, so I'll follow in a little.
0:34.6	What's what is what happened?
0:44.3	It's just a man again, then.
0:48.3	Welcome everyone to the next best picture podcast
0:51.3	where we are speaking with Renata Rensvi, the lead actress from Armand.
0:57.4	Renata, thank you so much for joining us today.
1:00.3	Thank you for having me.
1:02.8	I love this vibe in here.
1:05.3	Good.
1:05.9	I'm glad.
1:07.2	I'm very excited to talk to you today because this film is so fascinating to watch and your performance in it is as well.
1:17.3	The first thing I want to ask, though, is, you know, I'm thinking about all the films that we've seen you in recently, and they all feel very different in terms of genre and tone.
1:29.2	So I'm curious what's most important to you when picking a project?
1:34.0	Is it something in the screenplay or something in the people that are behind it?
1:40.7	Yeah, mostly the people behind it.
1:42.9	I think sometimes I meet a director before I know there's a script like in Armand.
1:51.6	I knew I had a very strong artistic connection with Halvda.
1:55.3	So the character developed in his mind from there.
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