Jérémie Renier is Sobran Jodeau

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JÉRÉMIE RENIER plays SOBRAN JODEAU

"This is my first role in English. It's good for an actor to have something difficult in a role, it makes you more creative."

In 1995, aged fourteen, Jérémie Renier gave a memorable performance in La Promesse, for the Belgian filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The film won fifteen international awards including the Los Angeles Film Critics and National Association of Film Critics Awards.

Ten years later his leading role in L'Enfant, for the Dardenne brothers, earned him a nomination as Best European Actor at the European Film Awards, while the film won the Palm D'or at Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, Renier again starred for the Dardennes in The Silence of Lorna, a film that won Best Screenplay award at Cannes, and was nominated for the Palm D'Or

Renier has starred in films for a range of European directors including Francois Ozon (The Criminals), Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours), Christophe Gans (The Brotherhood of the Wolf), and Jean-Marc Matout (Violence des Echanges en Milieu Tempere).

In 2006, Jérémie Renier was awarded the Jean Gabin Award.

Having already appeared in supporting roles in the films Atonement and In Bruges, The Vintner's Luck marks Renier's debut in a lead role in an English language film.

Watch the trailer for The Vintner's Luck here!