{"id":2287855,"date":"2026-02-18T18:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2287855"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:46:31","slug":"forest-high-charms-berlinale-audience-as-director-manon-coubia-talks-small-budgets-timeless-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/forest-high-charms-berlinale-audience-as-director-manon-coubia-talks-small-budgets-timeless-landscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2019Forest High\u2019 Charms Berlinale Audience as Director Manon Coubia Talks Small Budgets, Timeless Landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">\u201cNothing ever happens by chance,\u201d Alpine hut guardian Suzanne (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0168783\/\">Anne Coesens<\/a>) tells her guest (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5339596\/\">Yoann Zimmer<\/a>) as they both share the journeys that led them to the remote setting of \u201cForest High\u201d (\u201cFor\u00eat Ivre\u201d), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm8431589\/\">Manon Coubia<\/a>\u2019s feature debut as a director, premiering at the Berlinale.<\/p>\n<p>It so happens that the Belgian director speaking with Variety ahead of Berlinale, used the very same turn of phrase to describe the path that led her to this cinematic endeavor, in which she brings together three women who have made the choice to withdraw from the world for a season as a hut warden.<\/p>\n<p>Through three stories connected by this hut, Coubia unveils three skilfully crafted characters. Each of them harbors a secret; and each of them is put to the test by their chosen solitude.<\/p>\n<p>As Anne (Richard), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm6726420\/\">H\u00e9l\u00e8ne<\/a> (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2328405\/\">Petit<\/a>) and Suzanne take turns looking after the hut, hikers come and go,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNothing ever happens by chance,\u201d Alpine hut guardian Suzanne (Anne Coesens) tells her guest (Yoann Zimmer) as they both share the journeys that led them to the remote setting of \u201cForest High\u201d (\u201cFor\u00eat Ivre\u201d), Manon Coubia\u2019s feature debut as a director, premiering at the Berlinale. 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