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The CNC's advance on receipts for Les Gardiennes by Xavier Beauvois

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- The CNC will also be supporting films by Haneke, Téchiné, Campillo, Cavalier, Dominique Marchais, and duo Patrick-Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic

The CNC's advance on receipts for Les Gardiennes by Xavier Beauvois
Director Xavier Beauvois

Seven projects have been accepted during the first 2016 session of the CNC’s second advance on receipts committee. Standing out among them is Les Gardiennes [+see also:
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by Xavier Beauvois, which will be produced by Sylvie Pialat for Les Films du Worso. Written by the director and Frédérique Moreau, the story is set in a village during World War I. The men have gone off to war, while the women have replaced them. Occasionally some men come back on leave, while others are declared to have "died for their country", and then the American soldiers also start to turn up... We follow the lives of a population of landowners, around their tools, their routines and the seasons that dictate the pace of their rustic lives, as well as their secrets… The cast may reportedly include Nathalie Baye and Laura Smet. This will be the seventh feature by Xavier Beauvois, following Nord (nominated for the César Award for Best Debut Film in 1993), Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die (Jury Prize at Cannes in 1995), According to Mathieu (in competition at Venice in 2000), The Young Lieutenant [+see also:
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(unveiled in the 2005 Venice Days), Of Gods and Men [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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(Grand Prix at Cannes in 2010 and the César Award for Best Film in 2011) and The Price of Fame [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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(in competition at Venice in 2014).

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An advance on receipts has also been granted to Happy End by Austrian director Michael Haneke, which will begin shooting in May with Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant among the cast. The movie will tell a story revolving around a middle-class European family, set against the backdrop of the migrant issue (produced by Les Films du Losange).

The CNC will also be backing 120 battements par minute [+see also:
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interview: Arnaud Valois
interview: Robin Campillo
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, the third feature by Robin Campillo, following They Came Back (revealed at Venice in 2004, in the Orizzonti section) and Eastern Boys [+see also:
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interview: Robin Campillo
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(Orizzonti Award at the 2013 Venice Film Festival, nominated for the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director in 2015). Produced by Les Films de Pierre, the film will portray the misfortunes of a group of activists from Act Up in the early 1990s, and will be toplined by Adèle Haenel

Another advance on receipts has gone to L’angle mort, the third feature by Patrick-Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic, following Dancing (2003) and The Other One [+see also:
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(Best Actress Award at Venice in 2008). Produced by Ex Nihilo, the project has already received support from the Ile-de-France region (read the news).

Lastly, the CNC will also support Nos années folles by André Téchiné (produced by ARP Sélection), which will be the 22nd feature by the filmmaker, who was popular recently in competition at Berlin with Being 17 [+see also:
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Q&A: André Téchiné
interview: Kacey Mottet Klein
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, in addition to Tout s'est bien passé by Alain Cavalier (produced by Caméra One) and the documentary project No Man Is an Island [+see also:
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by Dominique Marchais (Zadig Productions).

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(Translated from French)

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