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Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Despite being in a supporting role, critics have always put the role of Valentine as the best of all the roles Stewart has ever played. Importantly, the “Clouds of Sils Maria” gave her the chance of working with a widely acclaimed director Olivier Assayas who due to her fabulous acting gave her the chance to work in the lead in “Personal Shopper.”
She also got the chance of working with highly acclaimed actress Juliette Binoche in the flick. She portrays the role of a reputable actress Maria Enders. In “Clouds of Sils Maria” Maria is a big celebrity who is losing her fame and influence. Valentine is her devoted personal assistant who stands beside her in the desperate times as a superwoman. She tries to avoid stress to Maria by not giving her unnecessary phone calls and help her to get her lines right as well as fulfilling her demand immediately.
Valentine tries everything to help Maria out through her difficult times in life during the career transition.
Performance Review
Important highlights of Valentine’s role are that Kristen Stewart performs it with such grace and confidence that she always makes her presence felt in every shot despite sharing the screen with Binoche most of the time. The credit certainly goes to Stewart who does not let even the brilliant actress like Binoche steal the attention despite being in the lead.
And her brilliant acting did get noticed and she was awarded the much deserved Cesar award for the role of Valentine, which is almost equivalent to winning an Oscar.
