Ophelia review – Deauville 2018

This article may be a bit spoilery as I describe a few scenes. Please make sure to be okay with that before continue reading.

I still can’t believe I had the incredible chance of seeing Ophelia during Deauville Festival. It’s directed by Claire McCarthy and filmed in 2017. Daisy Ridley plays the main part, Ophelia.
The movie opens with a soft lake scene, Daisy lying in water, surrounded by flowers. She fades in it as the title appears on screen. It’s beautiful. Daisy Ridley is ethereal and her long red hair suits her beautifully. She portrays a playful, youthful and rebellious Ophelia who likes to swim in lakes, put flowers in her hair and knows a lot about sciences and philosophy. As the movie starts, you admire the soft cinematography and you witness the beginnings of a love story between Ophelia, Gertrude‘s (Naomi Watts) lady in waiting and Gertrude’s son, Hamlet (George MacKay). But the air is full of mystery and madness slowly sinks in the atmosphere. Ophelia and Hamlet live a passionate (secret) love story together, but his father’s death and Claudius’ (Clive Owen) possible guilt slowly drive him mad. Ophelia takes the lead to her story and tries to make her way out of a dying realm.

Daisy Ridley and Naomi Watts’ alchemy is palpable and their scenes together are amazing. I also liked a lot Daisy and George’s scenes. The cinematography from the start to the end is mesmerizing, with strong colors and lovely shots, as well as the music. You can also hear Daisy humming two or three times and she sings a bit during one scene. This is definitely her most complex role yet. You can see her crying, kissing, singing, getting angry, feeling desperate and also being broken. Her costumes varies between blue, beige and red colors and I absolutely loved the party scene, as Daisy is wearing a dress with complex patterns of suns and stars, wearing suns in her hair and heavy deep blue makeup forming a ‘band’ on her eye line.

Ophelia is definitely my favorite movie featuring Daisy yet and I deeply hope it will be picked up. Claire McCarthy‘s work is beautiful and if dialogues and storyline are not the strongest ever, the tale is well told and magic happened.


London for Guatemala

Le 02 août, le cast de Star Wars était présent à la soirée organisée par Oscar Isaac ‘London for Guatemala‘. Daisy a posé avec quelques fans lors de l’évenement. Retrouvez les photos dans la galerie.

On august 2, the Star Wars cast attended the Oscar Isaac ‘London for Guatemala‘ event. Daisy posed with fans during the night. Check out the pics in the gallery.

   


British Summer Time at Hyde Park

Le 15 juillet, Daisy Ridley était au British Summer Time à Hyde Park. Découvrez quelques photos de l’évenement dans la galerie.

On july 15, Daisy Ridley attended the British Summer Time at Hyde Park. We uploaded the pictures of the event in the gallery.


Daisy Ridley becomes a new member of The Academy

Daisy Ridley est un des nouveaux membres à rejoindre l’Académie des Oscars aux côtés de plus de 900 acteurs comme Emilia Clarke, Lily James ou Timothée Chalamet. Félicitations Daisy !

Daisy Ridley is one of the new members to join The Academy alongside over 900 actors such as Emilia Clarke, Lily James or Timothée Chalamet. Congratulations Daisy !