24/08/2012 - Something in the Air, the highly anticipated film by the French director of Carlos, is in Competition at the Venice International Film Festival. Its release in France is set for the 14th of November with MK2

The new much anticipated film by Olivier Assayas (Carlos [+see also:
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trailer
film profile]), in Competition at the Venice International Film Festival, will be distributed in Italy by Officine Ubu. Something in the Air [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Olivier Assayas
film profile], that was filmed between France, the United Kingdom and Italy, is a tale of political and social awakening for a group of young university students.

Gilles, played by Clément Metayer, is a Parisian student who catches political fever in the early 70s after “May 69”, a character that is inspired by the directors own experiences. But his real aspiration is to shoot and direct films, his friends however, are entirely absorbed by politics in the strictest of terms and cannot understand him. Such as his girlfriend Christine (Lola Créton, previously seen in Goodbye First Love [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Mia Hansen-Love
film profile]). The cast also includes Dolores Chaplin (Asterix and Obelix: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service) and numerous young actors: Felix Armand, Mathias Renou, Carole Combes, India Menuez and Hugo Conzelmann.

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(Translated from Italian)