12/09/2008

Christophe Honoré’s La Belle personne [+see also:
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The filmmaker is working for the first time in his native Brittany, where lensing started on Monday. The film stars Chiara Mastroianni (Love Songs [+see also:
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Co-written by the director and novelist-publisher Geneviève Brisac (who has published several children’s books written by Honoré for the publishing house L’école des Loisirs), Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser is a family chronicle. The story centres on Mastroianni’s character, who is surrounded by her sister (Foïs), parents (Barrault and Ulysse), brother (Honoré), ex-husband (Barr), brother-in-law (Fonzo Bo) and lover (Garrel). Butaud plays the lover’s sister and fiancée of Honoré’s character.

With four features already released, the 38-year-old director has emerged as a rising star of French film. He has become a regular at the Cannes Film Festival, where his debut feature Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard was presented in the Un Certain Regard section in 2002, Inside Paris [+see also:
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Produced by Pascal Caucheteux for Why Not Productions, Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser will – according to our sources – receive co-production backing from France 3 Cinéma.

The shoot in inland Brittany – near Lake Guerlédan, in the Arrée Mountains (Saint-Michel de Brasparts) and Mûr-de-Bretagne – will wrap up in early October, before the cast and crew relocate to Rome, then Paris.

Domestic distribution and international sales are still under negotiation, with Le Pacte likely to take on both roles.

(Translated from French)