Shooting anecdotes, notes of intent, information for film lovers: every week, discover behind the scenes of cinema releases.
Building permit by Eric Fraticelli
With Didier Bourdon, Eric Fraticelli, Anne Consigny…
What is it about ? A dentist in Paris, Romain has just lost his father, whom he has not seen for years. To his great surprise, the latter left him a piece of land as an inheritance, as well as a last wish: to build the house there where he would have liked to end his days. Only problem: this land is located in Corsica.
Did you know ? With Building Permit, actor Eric Fraticelli (playing Tony Campana in the Mafiosa series) is making his first feature film. He explains : “It all started with Romain, Vivien and Marco. They told me ‘Éric, you’re the one who writes the film, you play in it, you’ve been making mainlanders laugh with Corsica for 30 years: who better than you? can make this story happen?'”
Murder Party by Nicolas Pleskof
With Alice Pol, Miou-Miou, Eddy Mitchell…
What is it about ? Jeanne Chardon-Spitzer, a brilliant architect, is entrusted with the rehabilitation of the sumptuous manor of the Daguerres, a strange family at the head of a board game empire. When Caesar, the patriarch, is assassinated, Jeanne is drawn into a life-size investigation game…
Did you know ? With Murder Party, Nicolas Pleskof wanted to make a “whodunit” coupled with a pop and trash comedy about the family. The director, who for the occasion is making his first feature film after three shorts, confides: “The family is an exciting fictional terrain for everything related to neurosis! It is both the place of love, a cocoon that reassures, and at the same time, the original neurotic space that combines restrained desires , atrocious and untold secrets.”
Goliath by Frederic Tellier
With Gilles Lellouche, Pierre Niney, Emmanuelle Bercot…
What is it about ? France, a sports teacher by day, a worker by night, is an active campaigner against the use of pesticides. Patrick, obscure and solitary Parisian lawyer, is a specialist in environmental law. Mathias, a brilliant lobbyist and man in a hurry, defends the interests of an agrochemical giant.
Did you know ? When he was writing L’Affaire SK1 (2014), Frédéric Tellier came across a small book of findings that did not speak exclusively of pesticides but more broadly of the alert on the agricultural environment and what we eat. The director then embarked on an investigation that lasted five years…
The Housewife by Yukiko Mishima
With Kaho, Tasuku Emoto, Shotarô Mamiya…
What is it about ? It is when she meets her former college lover that Toko, a housewife for a long time, suddenly sees the desire to work reborn in her, and to resume her job as an architect. But can you ever reinvent your life?
Did you know ? The Housewife brings to the screen the novel Red by writer Rio Shimamoto. Yukiko Mishima was seduced by the way the book tackles the alienation of women, especially in marriage. “The Housewife is thus a love story for all ages, and a Japanese version of Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 play, A Doll’s House”she explains.
The Best of Marion Desseigne-Ravel
With Lina El Arabi, Esther Bernet-Rollande, Mahia Zrouki…
What is it about ? On a wall in my neighborhood, we tagged: The first to fall in love has lost. It’s true. Because afterwards, everyone talks about you and you’re at the mercy. I lost. I’m in love with a girl, I don’t know what to do…
Did you know ? The question of the division of the territory is central in The Best and Marion Desseigne-Ravel explains that she conceived the film as a female western! “You might think, if you stick to it, that The Best is a social film, but I wanted to move away from this dimension.”
My Night by Antoinette Boulat
With Lou Lampros, Tom Mercier, Carmen Kassovitz…
What is it about ? Eighteen-year-old Marion lives with the memory of a sister who died too soon. One night, she crosses paths with Alex, a spontaneous and free young man. They unite their loneliness and cross Paris until dawn.
Did you know ? With Ma nuit, Antoinette Boulat wanted to film the youth of today who, according to her, are in mourning for their innocence: “She is an adult, very aware of the world and takes an almost philosophical look at her environment. She is forced to ask herself questions and to commit. Like Marion, she does not evolve in a world that resembles her. She seeks change it or get rid of it. But the way to get there is violent because the world is violent.”
Kung-Fu Zohra of Mabrouk el Mechri
With Sabrina Ouazani, Ramzy Bedia, Eye Haidara…
What is it about ? Convinced that a breakup would break her granddaughter’s heart, Zohra cannot manage to leave her husband Omar despite the violence she suffers. It was then that she met a Kung-Fu master who was to teach her how to defend herself and to fight back from then on!
Did you know ? Mabrouk el Mechri was inspired by his mother, Zohra, and her 8-year-old daughter: “When I was my daughter’s age, Rocky was my role model and I wanted my daughter to have her own Rocky. Besides that, the film also tells the story of my mother, even if the idea is that it expresses a universal feeling. » With Kung-Fu Zohra, he wanted to talk about cultural and systemic violence against women.
Soy Libre by Laure Portier
With Arnaud Gomez, Jacqueline Puygrenier
What is it about ? Arnaud is my little brother. One day, I realized that he was already big. He was born where one does not choose and seeks what he should have been. Free.
Did you know ? The moment when Laure Portier joined INSAS (Institut Supérieur des Arts) coincides with the entry of her brother Arnaud into a closed educational centre. In the relationship of big sister to little brother, the director felt the need and the duty to share with him the education she received.
Words That Remain by Nuith Aviv
What is it about ? Six people evoke the memory of the languages that rocked their childhood, Judeo-Spanish or Judeo-Arabic dialects, and Judeo-Persian.
Théo and the metamorphoses of Damien Odoul
With Théo Kermel, Pierre Meunier, Ayumi Roux…
What is it about ? Théo, a 27-year-old boy with Down syndrome, lives with his father in an isolated house in the heart of a forest. They coexist in harmony with nature and the animals, but one day the father goes away leaving his son alone with his visions. Originally, a certain Kostia Botkine, who is a boy with Down syndrome, was to play Theo.
Did you know ? In the end, he was unable to take part in the film, but created the drawings that illustrate the titles of the chapters. Damien Odoul then met Théo Kermel, who also has Down syndrome: “He happens to be an actor. He does theatre. He’s imbued with that. He loves it”says the director.