After the death of Charlbi Dean | Emotion during the screening of Triangle of Sadness

(Deauville) Swedish director Ruben Östlund, who presented the Palme d’Or on Thursday evening Without filter at the Deauville festival, expressed his “emotion” after the death of South African film actress Charlbi Dean.

“It’s a projection that gives me a lot of emotions. Eight days ago we learned that the main actress of the film Charlbi Dean had died, ”said Ruben Östlund in front of the thousand spectators present.

“She had a quality of attention for the teams, a sensitivity, she pulled everyone up. We miss her and it is with great sadness that we will continue to promote the film in Toronto or at other festivals,” he said.

The South African actress died at the age of 32 in New York for a still unknown reason.

“But I am convinced that Charlbi would like you to be happy during this screening and to watch the film with great enthusiasm: that is what she would have wanted”, explained the Swedish director, visibly moved.

In Without filter (Triangle of Sadness in the original version), Charlbi Dean plays Yaya, a top model and influencer, obsessed with her image and her career, who is offered a luxury cruise with her boyfriend, also a model.

After starting child modeling, Charlbi Dean had started an acting career at the age of 20, with two first South African films: Spud in 2010 and Spud 2 in 2013, with John Cleese in particular. We also saw her in 2017 in an American horror film, don’t sleepand, the following year in An Interview with God).

The Deauville American Film Festival, including the 48^e edition is held from September 2 to 11, present in “L’heure de la Croisette” films selected at Cannes.