Filming anecdotes, notes of intent, information for film lovers: every week, discover behind the scenes of a film release.
Everybody Loves Jeanne by Celine Devo
With Blanche Gardin, Laurent Lafitte, Maxence Tual…
What is it about? Everyone always loved Zhanna. Today he hates himself. Being in too much debt, he has to go to Lisbon and sell the apartment of his mother, who died a year earlier. At the airport, she runs into Jean, a whimsical and somewhat intrusive former high school classmate.
did you know Celine Devo did not know who would play Jeanne, which caused problems during the writing process. Then the director imagined Blanche Garden in the skin of this character, which inspired: “The fact that it exists and that it’s so brilliant was motivation enough for me.”
“Visitor from the Future” by Francois Descrax.
With Florent Dorin, Arnaud Ducret, Enya Baru…
What is it about? 2555. In a devastated future, the apocalypse threatens Earth. The last hope rests on a man who can travel through time. His mission is to return to the past and change the course of events. But the Temporal Brigade, the Time Police, hunts him down in every era. So begins the race against time for a visitor from the future…
did you know Le Visiteur du Futur by Francois Descrax is adapted from the web series of the same name, which he wrote and directed. It has 4 seasons and amassed 45 million views, comics, novels and even a board game.
Compromise by Jerome Salle
With Gilles Lelouch, Joanna Kulig, Michael Gore…
What is it about? Russia, 2017. Mathieu Roussel is arrested and imprisoned in front of his daughter. A French expatriate, he is the victim of a “Kompromat” that spoils fake documents used by Russian secret services to harm an enemy of the state.
did you know With Kompromat, Jérôme Salle wanted to make a simple film that would focus on the actors and recreate the emotions of its main character organically, without artificiality: “There are no free effects, no ‘toys’ available like cranes, drones or lots of gadgets.”
Tiger and President Jean-Marc Peirfit
With Jacques Gamblin, Andre Dusollier, Christian Heck…
did you know 1920, roaring twenties. Georges Clemenceau has just lost the presidential election to the unknown Paul Deschanel, an idealist who wants to change the country. But one evening the latter falls from the train and disappears. In the morning, France is looking for its president, a golden opportunity for Tiger Clemenceau…
What is it about? The Tiger and the President commemorates the election of Paul Deschanel in 1920, who won the presidential election against favorite Georges Clemenceau. A victim of anxiety-depressive conditions and Elpenor’s syndrome, he fell off a night train in May 1920. After many rumors about him and due to failing health, Deschanel withdrew from Elysium.
See Paris again by Alice Winokur
Virgin with Efira, Benoit Magimel, Grégoire Colin…
What is it about? In Paris, Mia is attacked in a brasserie. Three months later, when she has still not managed to recover the course of her life and only remembers the events, Mia decides to explore her memory to find a way to life. Possible happiness.
did you know Revoir Paris is a work of fiction, but is undoubtedly inspired by the 2015 attacks on Charlie Hebdo, and especially the Bataclan. Director says: “My brother was in the Bataclan on November 13. I stayed in text link with him all night while he was hiding.”
“The film is built from the memories of this traumatic event, then from my brother’s story in the days following the attack. I experienced firsthand how the memory was distorted and often reconstructed.”
Rodeo by Lola Quivoron
With Julie Ledru, Yanis Lafki, Antonia Bure…
What is it about? Julia lives on small tricks and devotes an all-encompassing, almost animal passion to motorcycles. One summer day, he meets a gang of cross-country bikers and infiltrates this clandestine environment of mostly young men.
did you know Lola Quivoron knows the rodeo world well. When he was a kid, he lived in Epinais-sur-Seine (93) and would see youngsters on motocross bikes passing below his building. He also met the characters of his short film Au Loin Baltimore (2015) when he was at La Femis:
“I came across videos on social media of young people standing at the intersection calling themselves the Dirty Riderz Crew. I contacted the leader of the group, Puck, who invited me to join their training line in ’77.”the film director recalls.
Plan 75 by Chi Hayakawa
With Chieko Baisho, Hayato Isomura, Stephanie Ariane…
What is it about? In Japan, in the near future, population aging will accelerate. The government believes that after a certain age, the elderly become a useless burden on society, and is establishing logistical and financial support to end their lives.
did you know Chie Hayakawa signs her first feature film with Plan 75. He already had this project in mind in 2017 and made a short version of it in the film Anticipation Japan, which combines five short films where five directors imagine what Japan will be like in 10 years. This segmented film was born with the impulse of producer Eiko Mizuno-Grey.
Bozhena Horakova’s Walden
With Ina Maria Bartaites, Lorinas Yurgelis, Fabien Babe…
What is it about? After thirty years of exile in Paris, Zhanna returns to Vilnius. She wants to find the lake that Paulius, her first lover, called “Walden”. A chronicle of Lithuanian youth before the fall of the communist bloc, where dreams of freedom in the West are embodied between the first emotions and the black market.
did you know A Czech of Bulgarian descent, the director wanted to film in Lithuania after seeing Jonas Mekas’s documentary Travel Memories in Lithuania.
By Julia Siro de Caro
With Rosa Palaciano, Valerio Di Benedetto, Fabrizio Chiavoni…
What is it about? During a hot summer in Rome, Julia searches for a new meaning in her life, without a job or permanent residence, she lives in balance between her need for freedom and her ghostly desires, which leads her to new incredible and unexpected encounters.
Source: allocine
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