Sylvie Testud
is a French actress and best-selling novelist. She has won two César awards, the French equivalent of the Oscars, and has written three novels. She starred in the two-time Academy Award-winning film La Vie en Rose as Momone, Edith Piaf’s best friend. Testud is making her directorial debut this year with the film adaptation of La vie d’une autre by Frédérique Deghelt, starring Juliette Binoche and Mathiew Kasso.