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Fabienne Godet set to finish Our Wonderful Lives before making Si demain…

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- The director is at the editing stage with a secret film shot while she waits to start principal photography on her following opus, which will star Jasmine Trinca and Lucie Debay

Fabienne Godet set to finish Our Wonderful Lives before making Si demain…
Director Fabienne Godet

On the heels of Sauf le respect que je vous dois [+see also:
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(revealed at San Sebastián in 2005), My Greatest Escape [+see also:
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(Berlinale Forum in 2009 and nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary in 2010) and A Place on Earth [+see also:
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(Audience Award at the MyFrenchFilmFestival in 2015, and also earning Benoît Poelvoorde the Magritte Award for Best Actor in 2014), Fabienne Godet has been secretly shooting her fourth feature film, Our Wonderful Lives [+see also:
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. Described as "very unusual" by her faithful producer, Bertrand Faivre (of Le Bureau Films), this ensemble film, which cannot boast any big names among its cast and was born of a creative process worthy of a Mike Leigh movie, is currently at the editing stage and will be ready in the second half of 2017.

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Meanwhile, next October, Godet will kick off the shoot for her next film, Si demain… (lit. “If Tomorrow…”), which will star Italian actress Jasmine Trinca (nominated for the David di Donatello Award for Best Actress in 2013 for There Will Come a Day [+see also:
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, in 2014 for Miele [+see also:
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and in 2015 for You Can’t Save Yourself Alone [+see also:
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, after having been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 2001, 2004 and 2006 for The Son’s Room [+see also:
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, The Best of Youth [+see also:
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and The Caiman [+see also:
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) and Belgium’s Lucy Debay (Magritte Award for Best Female Newcomer in 2016 for Melody [+see also:
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; also popular in King of the Belgians [+see also:
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). Written by the director together with Claire Mercier and Franck Vassal, the story revolves around a woman who has come to an utter standstill in her life. One day, without knowing why, she receives a manuscript that takes the form of a private diary. The things she reads in it echo her own experiences, and she resolves to find the author in order to find out how the story ends, and what happens after the diary stops. Her enquiries will allow her to come back to life. Si demain… is also being produced by Bertrand Faivre for Le Bureau Films, and it has already been pre-purchased by OCS for the second distribution window, in addition to receiving backing from the Occitanie and Pays de la Loire regions. The French distribution will be handled by ARP Sélection

Both films, Our Wonderful Lives and Si demain..., will be sold overseas by The Bureau Sales

We should also point out that Le Bureau will be releasing Life Beyond Me [+see also:
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by Olivier Peyon (toplined by Isabelle Carré - Haut et Court Distribution) in French theatres tomorrow and has Lean on Pete by British director Andrew Haigh (see the news – produced via its UK sister company The Bureau) in post-production.

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(Translated from French)

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