![]() That zeal, as well as her talent, isn’t lost upon local customer Vlad (Zlatko Buric). And when she gets the chance during those open mics, she is electric. Violet lives for music, rocking out in her bedroom to all kinds, and her iPod accompanies her when she’s doing chores or riding her beloved white horse. She does so to meet up with friends, as well as audition for the British singing competition on TV called Teen Spirit (A sly riff on shows like American Idol or Britain’s Got Talent,) ![]() The apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree either as evidenced by Violet’s willfulness in finding ways to sneak out on her mom. ![]() Instead, she stands tall, is fit and proud, suggesting that while this woman, barely in her 40’s, has known plenty of heartaches since her husband walked out on her, she’s not going down without a fight. Agnieszka Grochowska plays Violet’s intense mother Marla, yet she hardly fits the cliched perception of an unkempt farmer’s wife. Minghella’s casting informs his characters too. He directs Fanning to look down at the ground a lot too as if she’s too embarrassed to face the world or perhaps feels tethered to the dull town under her feet. She doesn’t feel like a star in her own life, and Minghella ensures that we know that from the way she dresses. Violet wears little makeup and fancies sports warm-ups to downplay her looks. He creates all sorts of specific details for each part, the kind that actors add when developing their character. Minghella wrote the screenplay as well, and you can tell it’s penned by an accomplished actor. It’s one of the pleasant surprises in Max Minghella’s modest new film (his directorial debut), and so is the way the filmmaker turns it all into a sly riff on fame. Fanning does too, vividly, as does her singing – and she’s terrific. But then, when her character Violet starts to sing at a local bar’s open mic, the character comes alive. In most of her vehicles, she’s played very serious, almost humorless, young women.Īt the start of Teen Spirit, she’s playing another moody teen, this time a British girl wasting away in an English burg who dreams of becoming a singer. Since then, she’s starred in many films including Super 8, Somewhere, The Neon Demon, and Mary Shelley. Elle Fanning’s film career started when she was just shy of three years old and played the younger version of her sister Dakota’s character in 2001’s I Am Sam.
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