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Fabien Lemercier


9730 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 29/07/2025.

René Féret’s mysterious Madame Solario

The final leg of shooting is underway on Lake Como in Italy on the sixteenth feature by René Féret (pictured), Madame Solario, adapted from Gladys Huntington’s novel of the same name. The new film...  

26/09/2011 | Production | France

Play

Delinquency, racism and integration in Europe. An explosive subject for a Swedish film of rare intelligence. Unveiled at Cannes and finalist for the Lux Prize 2011.  

24/09/2011 | Films | Reviews

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Class consciousness, poverty and generational conflict under the Marseilles sun. A politically-engaged and warm-hearted film by Robert Guédiguian, unveiled at Cannes. Finalist for the Lux Prize 2011.  

24/09/2011 | Films | Reviews

Avé

A chance love-at-first-sight encounter and luminous road movie in a bleak Bulgaria. A debut feature unveiled at Cannes and winner of the Cineuropa Award at Sarajevo.  

24/09/2011 | Films | Reviews

Poelvoorde and Casta involved in dark affair in Fillières’ Tied

The film adaptation of Régis Jauffret’s novel, Sévère, based on real-life events that hit the headlines in Switzerland in 2005, is among the three projects selected this week by Arte France...  

23/09/2011 | Production | France

Lindon to star as Doctor Charcot in Winocour’s Augustine

Shooting will start on November 21 in Ile-de-France on Alice Winocour’s debut feature, Augustine, a project previously selected at the Cinéfondation Workshop at Cannes 2011 and Emergence. Selected...  

22/09/2011 | Production | France

Wild Bunch acquires stake in Vertigo Films

After Italy (Bim Distribuzione) and Germany (Central Verleih), French company Wild Bunch has acquired a majority stake in Spanish distributor Vertigo Films. The outfit will still be headed by...  

21/09/2011 | Distribution | France/Spain

Laughs aplenty in When Pigs Have Wings

"First and foremost, it’s a comic cry of rage… A desire to change things, to bring a breath of fresh air, to make both sides laugh, the Israelis and the Palestinians, by showing the absurdity of...  

21/09/2011 | Releases | France

Samuell, Moretti and Donzelli pack out theatres

Success has been pulled off for Yann Samuell’s War of the Buttons (pictured), which attracted 571,000 viewers in five days (UGC Distribution – on 596 prints), i.e. the second best box-office start...  

20/09/2011 | Box Office | France

Tax incentives: a close look at eight countries and their systems

Having noticed an increase in relocations of French feature film production in 2010, particularly in Luxembourg and Belgium, the National Film and Moving Image Centre (CNC) commissioned a...  

20/09/2011 | Funding | France

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