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fabien lemercier


9693 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 18/06/2025.

€26m jackpot for Dany Boon in 2008

Having decided not to take part in this evening’s 2009 Cesar Awards ceremony (see news) – for which his film Welcome to the Sticks received just one nomination (for Best Original Screenplay) –...  

27/02/2009 | Industry | France

LOL all the way to the bank

Lisa Azuelos’ generational comedy LOL is currently enjoying surprise success in French theatres. The film – which attracted 675,000 viewers in its third week on 506 screens – has garnered a total...  

26/02/2009 | Box Office | France

Clint Eastwood receives Palme d’Or

US filmmaker Clint Eastwood has become the second person to receive a Palme d’Or for Lifetime Achievement from the Cannes Film Festival, after Ingmar Bergman in 1997. Presented in Paris by...  

26/02/2009 | Awards | France

Chabrol and Depardieu finally "intersect" paths on Bellamy

One is celebrating 50 years of filmmaking, the other has spent 40 years on film sets, but they had never worked together before: Claude Chabrol and Gérard Depardieu put an end to this state of...  

25/02/2009 | Releases | France

Lellouche renegade stock trader in Genestal’s timely new film

In the middle of a global financial crisis, Fabrice Genestal’s second feature, Black Box (working title) – currently shooting in Montreal after a long development phase – couldn’t be more topical....  

24/02/2009 | Production | France

Caucheteux and Langmann named producers of the year

The second edition of the Daniel Toscan du Plantier Prize, for the Best French Producer of 2008, was jointly awarded to Pascal Caucheteux (Why Not Productions) and Thomas Langmann (La Petite...  

24/02/2009 | Awards | France

Reno settles Mafia scores in L'Immortel

Shooting gets underway in Marseilles today on L'Immortel (“The Immortal”), the fourth feature by Richard Berry (The Black Box, I, Cesar). Adapted from Franz-Olivier Giesbert’s eponymous novel, the...  

23/02/2009 | Production | France

Hollywood suspense for The Class, Oktapodi and Desplat

French films are hoping to carry off their fair share of awards in Los Angeles on Sunday evening at the Oscars ceremony, which last year brought success to actress Marion Cotillard. Nominees at...  

20/02/2009 | Oscars 2009 | France

The super powers of La Nuit des enfants rois

Antoine Charreyron’s highly ambitious 3D animated project La Nuit des enfants rois (“The Night of the Child Kings”) is shifting into a higher gear. The motion capture shoot – which consists of...  

19/02/2009 | Production | France

StudioCanal hoping for same old success with Change of Plans

With six productions and two co-productions, French films dominate the 12 new releases hitting screens this Wednesday. The line-up is headed by the fourth feature of box office phenomenon Danièle...  

18/02/2009 | Releases | France

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