• Suzie, the dog that Karim Leklou adopts in "Vincent must die" is a great actress.
  • The actor and his partner Vimala Pons were won over by the talent of the staffie.
  • They campaign for her to win the Palm Dog

Each in their role, Karim Leklou and Vimala Pons are amazing in Vincent must die by Stephan Castang, presented at the Critics' Week of the Cannes Film Festival. But both actors bowed to a four-legged star. Suzie, a staffie dog renamed Sultan, in this genre film about a man strangers want to kill for no reason, stole the show. Along with their hearts.

Karim Leklou, especially, is hypermotivated at the idea of seeing Suzie win the Palm Dog that had crowned prestigious dogs such as Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist or Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino. "She plays like a cat so she deserves to win. We must not believe that all animals are good actors. Suzie is exceptional," Karim Leklou told 20 Minutes.

A great four-legged actress

We can only be more. Suzie is really great and it's hard to imagine that another pooch could steal the show. "She immediately became attached to Karim," recalls Vimala Pons. During the filming of a fight scene, she ran into a stuntman who was attacking him. She grabbed him by the hood of his sweatshirt so as not to hurt him. She knows the difference between reality and fiction. »

The best way to direct Suzie was to give her pieces of chicken and it works although she is amazing expressive on screen. "Basically, I think chicken would please him more than a trophy," admits Karim Leklou. It was he who chose the staffie during a canine casting. "She seemed to smile: we loved each other at first sight." However, the actor has not considered adopting the animal who shares a beautiful relationship with Valentine, his owner.

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Suzie did not come to Cannes, because the team, who do not consider her as an accessory, preferred to leave her alone in Paris. Like the star she already is, she will only go down to Cannes to walk the red carpet if she gets the Palm Dog. Karim Leklou promised it to the organizer of the prize, whom he called in front of us to defend the colors of his candidate. Verdict Friday. Long live Suzie!

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