Why ’Ari’ Helmer Léonor Serraille Thinks a Low Profile Serves Her Best as Director: ‘You Have to Remain at Eye Level, and You Have to Blend in’

Léonor Serraille has had a career most young directors would dream of — winning the Camera d’Or for her 2017 debut “Montparnasse Bienvenue” before launching her sophomore feature, “Mother and Son,” from Cannes’ competition in 2022. And for just as long, the thirty-something auteur has kept a healthy distance from her own high profile, keeping off social media and living outside of Paris, while often playing cagey about her success.

“For years, I never even told people that I worked in cinema,” Serraille says. “I like being incognito, and I like being a part of a crowd. [To do this job] you can’t look at others from above; you

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