Generally all of it boils all the way down to the hair. In Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Swann Arlaud performs Vincent Renzi—a dedicated lawyer charmed by his consumer, Sandra (Sandra Hüller), a author suspected of killing her husband—and the position has propelled him to an entire new stage of fame, helped alongside by a “fancam” on X set to the tune “Comme des Garçons” by Rina Sawayama. Now that Arlaud has been named greatest supporting actor on the 2024 César Awards—France’s equal to the Oscars—Vogue takes a glance again at his impeccable profession… and what it’s, precisely, about Arlaud’s newest efficiency that’s triggered such a sensation.

Swann Arlaud, un enfant du cinéma

Sure, Swann Arlaud comes from a household steeped on the planet of cinema, however that didn’t make him a pure actor—not less than, that’s what he says. His grandfathers, Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud and Max Vialle, have been a screenwriter and an actor, respectively. His dad and mom, Yan Arlaud and Tatiana Vialle, are a cinematographer and a casting director. (Vialle can also be a stage director, and has made two quick movies.) But Arlaud didn’t initially think about performing as a profession; it was primarily the need to earn some pocket cash that first led him to audition for tv roles.

Regardless of his love for graffiti and a level from the Ornamental Arts of Strasbourg, Arlaud discovered himself naturally drawn in direction of cinema, no matter his preliminary intentions. His mom kickstarted his performing profession by casting him in her play A Lady in Berlin, alongside Isabelle Carré. Quickly after, he transitioned to movie and shortly established himself with daring, politically charged roles. Whether or not enjoying an anarchist, an exfiltrated particular person, or a Maoist philosophy professor, Arlaud has embodied characters in the hunt for which means. That quest has formed a compelling filmography, culminating in his look on the César Awards for his position in Hubert Charuel’s Bloody Milk (Petit Paysan). Within the movie he performed Pierre Chavanges, a farmer managing a herd of dairy cows on his household farm. The half earned him the César for greatest actor in 2018, a milestone that propelled Arlaud’s profession ahead.