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Fabien Lemercier


9722 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 16/07/2025.

The Page Turner

A refined thriller set in a world lulled by classical music. Calculated revenge and a confrontation between two exceptional actresses, masterly filmed by an exceptional director  

04/07/2006 | Films | Reviews

Shooting of L’ami de Fred Astaire underway

Filming began yesterday in the Paris region on Noémie Lvovsky’s fourth feature, L’ami de Fred Astaire (lit. “Fred Astaire’s Friend”). Three years after her Feelings – presented in competition at...  

04/07/2006 | Production | France

The Ordinary People in the darkness

Vladimir Perisic’s directorial debut, the French/Serbian/Swiss co-production The Ordinary People, will start its six-week shoot on the spring of 2007 in and around Belgrade. The majority French...  

04/07/2006 | Production | France

Piracy law finally sees light of day

Following over six months of eventful deliberations in the French Parliament (see news from December 22, 2005, January 10, March 1 and March 21, 2006), the bill on authors’ rights, including...  

03/07/2006 | Industry | France

Focus on diversity at La Rochelle

Inside Paris by Christophe Honoré (see Cannes review) opened the 34th edition of the La Rochelle Festival on Friday evening. The festival is packed with a rich programme of 160 features and shorts...  

03/07/2006 | Festivals | France

Hadida succeeds Karmitz at FNDF

The National Federation of French Distributors (FNDF) saw a change in management with this week’s appointment of Metropolitan Filmexport Director Victor Hadida as president. Hadida’s predecessor,...  

30/06/2006 | Distribution | France

From Dumont to Besson: French production on display

Nine majority and five minority French productions will be screened in the different sections of the 41st Karlovy Vary Festival, which kicks off today. Running through July 8, the Czech event will...  

30/06/2006 | Karlovy Vary IFF | France

B&W gangsters by Benchetrit

The first part of shooting ends tomorrow on J’ai toujours rêvé d’être un gangster (lit. “I’ve Always Dreamed of Being a Gangster”) by Samuel Benchetrit, who celebrated his 33rd birthday on the...  

29/06/2006 | Production | France

Over 100m admissions in first half of 2006

Thanks to the three-day Fête du cinéma event (see news), the 100m admissions mark was exceeded in the first half of 2006 in French cinemas at the beginning of this week. According to various...  

29/06/2006 | Box Office | France

Taxi franchise gets into gear

The fourth sequel to Taxi, the French blockbuster-type franchise, began shooting this week in top secrecy at studios in Epinay-sur-Seine, Paris. Scripted by Luc Besson, Taxi 4 will star Samy...  

28/06/2006 | Production | France

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