France and UK in competition in San Sebastian
- Bertrand Tavernier, François Dupeyron, Jonathan Teplitzky and Roger Michell will compete for the Golden Shell at the 61st edition of the International San Sebastian Film Festival
The 61st edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival is around the corner with updates on programming continuously being released. After the announcement surrounding Spanish productions and co-productions – of which four are in line for the Golden Shell (read the news story) - the event has released the list of films which made the festival’s official selection. Four of these are European productions, two French and two British.
France will be represented by two well-established directors: Bertrand Tavernier, 72, and François Dupeyron, 63; the two British productions have been made by directors from outside of the UK: Australian Jonathan Teplitzky and Roger Michell, born in South Africa, but living in England for decades.
Tavernier, in Quai d'Orsay, has adapted cartoon by the same name by Lanzac & Blain, a political satire featuring Alexandre Taillard de Vorms, the French foreign minister, who is always up for consorting with the powerful in order to consolidate his nomination for Nobel Peace Prize. The cast is led by Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz and Niels Arestrup.
Fourteen years after winning the Golden Shell with ¿Qué es la vida?, Dupeyron will be presenting Mon âme par toi guérie (after Un homme à part), on Frédi, who discovers he has inherited healing powers from his mother after she passes away. Written by Dupeyron himself, the film stars Grégory Gadebois and Céline Sallette.
With actors Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Stellan Skarsgård, The Railway Man by Jonathan Teplitzky is based on the true story of Eric Lomax, a British official captured during World War II and sent to a working camp on a train track between Burma and Thailand.
Finally, in Le Weekend, Michell narrates the story of Nick and Meg, a couple of British professors who return to Paris years after their honey moon to try and revive their marriage. The cast is headed by British Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan and American Jeff Goldblum.
Tavernier, Teplitzky and Michell’s films will be presenetd in Toronto before competing for the Golden Shell in San Sebastian.
(Translated from Spanish)
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