Longing for a child in Burning Desire
Shooting wrapped last Friday on Bernard Jeanjean’s third feature, Burning Desire, starring Clovis Cornillac (Bitter Victory [+see also:
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The new work by the director of J’me Sens Pas Belle (the surprise hit of summer 2004) and Please Don’t Go [+see also:
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Co-written by the director and Martine Fontaine, Burning Desire traces the misadventures of thirty-something couple Rose and Yann, who have been together for two years and want a child. Nothing seems more straightforward, when nature is willing. But when it isn’t willing, trying to build a family of three can surely risk destroying a couple’s relationship.
Burning Desire is produced by François Kraus and Denis Pineau-Valencienne for Les Films du Kiosque. Its €5.3m budget includes pre-sales from TPS Star and Ciné Cinéma.
The five-week shoot took place almost entirely in the Paris area, except for a few days in Haute-Savoie. The film will be released in French theatres by SND in 2011. International sales are still under negotiation.
Les Films du Kiosque (whose recent productions include Forgive Me [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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