Shooting anecdotes, notes of intent, information for film lovers: every week, discover behind the scenes of cinema releases.
Without Filter by Ruben Östlund
With Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean Kriek, Dolly de Leon…
What is it about ? After Fashion Week, Carl and Yaya, a couple of models and influencers, are invited on a yacht for a luxury cruise. Events take an unexpected turn and the balance of power is reversed when a storm rises and endangers the comfort of the passengers.
Did you know ? The film won the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. This is Ruben Östlund’s second Palme, after The Square in 2017.
Twins but not too many by Olivier Ducray, Wilfried Meance
With Ahmed Sylla, Bertrand Usclat, Pauline Clément…
What is it about ? 33 years after their birth, two twin brothers suddenly discover the existence of each other… For Grégoire and Anthony, the surprise is all the greater since one is white, the other black! But their skin color is far from the only thing that differentiates them!
Did you know ? The original idea comes from an article that producer Jérôme Corcos had read, explaining that there is a one in a million chance of giving birth to twins with different skin colors. Director Olivier Ducray explains:
“An extremely rare phenomenon! So we started from there with my co-screenwriter Jean-Paul Bathany and we then imagined the story of two twin brothers – one black, the other white – who do not know each other and who meet at the age of 33.”
The Woman King by Gina Prince-Bythewood
With Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch…
What is it about ? Based on true events, The Woman King follows the epic fate of General Nanisca, who trains a new generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life. There are causes worth fighting for…
Did you know ? Director of Love & Basketball, The Secret of Lily Owens or Beyond the Lights, Gina Prince-Bythewood is certainly best known to the general public for the Netflix blockbuster The Old Guard, worn by Charlize Theron and centered on a secret group of mercenaries endowed with the gift of immortality.
The Court of Miracles by Carine May, Hakim Zouhani
With Rachida Brakni, Anaïde Rozam, Disiz – Sérigne M’Baye…
What is it about ? Jacques Prévert, a primary school in Seine-Saint-Denis, is threatened by the arrival of a brand new boho-ecological school. Zahia, the director of the school, in search of social diversity, joins forces with Marion, a young teacher full of ideas, to create the first “green school” in the suburbs.
Maria dreams by Lauriane Escaffre, Yvo Muller
With Karin Viard, Grégory Gadebois, Philippe Uchan…
What is it about ? Maria is a cleaning lady. Married for 25 years, reserved, shy and clumsy, she never leaves her flowery notebook in which she writes poems in secret. When she is assigned to the École des Beaux-Arts, she meets Hubert, the school’s whimsical guardian, and discovers a fascinating place where freedom, creativity and daring reign…
Smile by Parker Finn
With Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner…
What is it about ? After witnessing a traumatic incident involving one of her patients, psychiatrist Rose Cotter’s life takes a turn for the worse. Overwhelmed by a mysterious force, Rose will have to confront her past in an attempt to survive…
Did you know ? Smile is inspired by the short film Laura Hasn’t Slept that Parker Finn directed in 2020 and which tells the story of a psychiatrist facing events as terrifying as they are unexplained after a strange meeting with a patient.
If the theme of the film has its source in the short film, the director wanted to explore, with Smile, what would happen if our brain turned against ourselves through various and nightmarish processes.
The Sixth Child by Léopold Legrand
With Sara Giraudeau, Benjamin Lavernhe, Judith Chemla…
What is it about ? Franck, a scrap dealer, and Meriem have five children, a sixth on the way, and serious money problems. Julien and Anna are lawyers and can’t have children. This is the story of an unthinkable arrangement. The Sixth Child is adapted from the novel Crying Rivers written by Alain Jaspard.
Did you know ? Director Léopold Legrand, who was legally adopted by his father’s new wife after his mother’s death (when he was six), recalls:
“This woman became my second mother. So I grew up with a double maternal figure. The story of these two women gathered around one and the same child therefore intrigued me. When closing the novel, I was very moved by the trajectories of Meriem and Anna.”
Holidays by Béatrice de Staël, Léo Wolfenstein
With Géraldine Nakache, Andranic Manet, Béatrice de Staël…
What is it about ? For the first time, Marie is spending holidays alone with her children, without her husband. One evening, lost, she lets herself be seduced by a strange and fascinating young man who slowly lures her into his trap. Then begins for her a night that turns into a nightmare…
Did you know ? The attractive aggressor is played by Andranic Manet. Béatrice de Staël discovered it in Mes Provinciales by Jean-Paul Civeyrac. The filmmaker immediately thought he would be perfect to camp Martin. She specifies:
“Andranic has the beauty of the devil. I find him very different from other young French actors who look like teenagers, whereas Andranic has a very masculine, very mature side. At the same time, he is very gentle and very naive. And he too can have very serious sides. It all worked very well for the film.”
Poppy Field by Eugen Jebeleanu
With Conrad Mericoffer, Radouan Leflahi, Alexandru Potocean…
What is it about ? A secretly homosexual Romanian policeman is called to intervene in a session of an LGBT film disturbed by fundamentalist Catholics.
Too bad for the south by Vincent Orst
With Cédrick Spinassou, Alex Blanchard, Lotfi Zarouel…
What is it about ? Six friends in their thirties leave their wives and children for a week to relive their first vacation near Cap d’Agde.