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Hailing from a family of filmmakers and musicians it’s easy to see why Antonio Campos found such a strong collaborator in Mati Diop. A filmmaker in her own right (she would win the Rotterdam Tiger award for her debut short film), the actress was a last minute arrival on the Simon Killer, but quickly immersed herself into the character and creative process – following Brady Corbet’s lead (look for a brief “Simon” appearance at the 15:20 mark of the interview below), portraying a sex worker with nurturer qualities who becomes entangled in Simon’s wallowing of self-pity, auto-distraction and derailment.
I had the chance to sit down with Diop while in Park City at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, we discussed her background in film (her screen debut was alongside Grégoire Colin in Claire Denis’ 35 Shots of Rum) briefly touching upon her filmmaking career, who she immersed herself in the »
- Eric Lavallee
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