Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Interview with Laura Wandel for Adam's Sake (L'intérêt d'Adam) presented at 2025 CINEMANIA Film Festival. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com. Note: Responses are in French.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:36 - I feel there is a research element to your cinema - during the writing process do you contact the institutions that your characters might find themselves in?
3:28 - What was the first discussion like when you met Lea Drucker the first time?
5:29 - My favorite sequence is when Lucy is lying to protect a patient - tell me about the importance of including this sequence.
7:15 - ...she has a lot of moral and ethical choices to make...it says a lot about her character
8:30 - Do you write a backstory for the actress - example with Anamaria Vartolomei’s character?
11:36 - As you did the field work - is it there you found the visual language for the film?
13:35 - I find a commonality between your two films - will we find the critique of systems in your next feature?
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CREDITS
Producers: Stéphane Lhoest, Delphine Tomson, Marie-Ange Luciani, Annemie Degryse, Jan De Clercq. Executive producers: Valérie Berlemont, Philippe Logie, Tanguy Dekeyser.
Director: Laura Wandel.
Writer: Laura Wandel.
Camera: Frédéric Noirhomme.
Editor: Nicolas Rumpl.
Cast: Léa Drucker, Anamaria Vartolomei, Jules Delsart, Alex Descas, Laurent Capelluto, Monia Douieb, Timur Magomedgadzhiev, Claire Bodson, Charlotte De Bruyne.
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
Interview with Laura Wandel for Adam's Sake (L'intérêt d'Adam) presented at 2025 CINEMANIA Film Festival. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com. Note: Responses are in French.
Please support us by SUBSCRIBING to our Youtube channel!:
youtube.com/user/ioncinema?sub_confirmation=1
Let us know what you think of Laura Wandel's Playground and Adam's Sake.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:36 - I feel there is a research element to your cinema - during the writing process do you contact the institutions that your characters might find themselves in?
3:28 - What was the first discussion like when you met Lea Drucker the first time?
5:29 - My favorite sequence is when Lucy is lying to protect a patient - tell me about the importance of including this sequence.
7:15 - ...she has a lot of moral and ethical choices to make...it says a lot about her character
8:30 - Do you write a backstory for the actress - example with Anamaria Vartolomei’s character?
11:36 - As you did the field work - is it there you found the visual language for the film?
13:35 - I find a commonality between your two films - will we find the critique of systems in your next feature?
CONNECT with IONCINEMA.com
Visit our website: ioncinema.com
Twitter: twitter.com/ioncinema
Facebook: facebook.com/ioncinema
Instagram: instagram.com/ioncinema
CREDITS
Producers: Stéphane Lhoest, Delphine Tomson, Marie-Ange Luciani, Annemie Degryse, Jan De Clercq. Executive producers: Valérie Berlemont, Philippe Logie, Tanguy Dekeyser.
Director: Laura Wandel.
Writer: Laura Wandel.
Camera: Frédéric Noirhomme.
Editor: Nicolas Rumpl.
Cast: Léa Drucker, Anamaria Vartolomei, Jules Delsart, Alex Descas, Laurent Capelluto, Monia Douieb, Timur Magomedgadzhiev, Claire Bodson, Charlotte De Bruyne.
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
