The shoot kicks off for Pierre Schoeller’s Un peuple et son roi
- Gaspard Ulliel, Adèle Haenel, Olivier Gourmet and Louis Garrel topline the flamboyant cast of this Archipel 35 production set to be distributed by StudioCanal
Since Monday 19 June, Pierre Schoeller has been shooting his third feature, One Nation, One King [+see also:
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Q&A: Bertrand Bonello
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interview: Thomas Cailley
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interview: Robin Campillo
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Q&A: Michel Hazanavicius
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interview: Adèle Haenel
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interview: Nicolas Silhol
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interview: Leos Carax
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interview: Malgorzata Szumowska
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interview: Andrzej Wajda
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Pierre Schoeller garnered much acclaim in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2008 and 2011 with Versailles [+see also:
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The storyline of the movie, written by the director himself, begins in 1789. The people have started revolting. We’d better listen to them, as they have things to say. One Nation, One King crosses the destinies of the men and women of the population, and those of historical figures. Their meeting place is the newly founded National Assembly. At the heart of the story lie the fate of the king and the birth of the French Republic…
Produced by Denis Freyd for Archipel 35 (which previously partnered up with the filmmaker on The Minister), One Nation, One King is being co-produced by France 3 Cinéma and StudioCanal (which will be in charge of the French theatrical and video distribution, as well as the international sales). Having been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the film is also being backed by the CNC’s advance on receipts, the Île-de-France region, the European Union’s Creative Europe MEDIA programme, the Procirep, the Angoa, and the Cofinova, Banque Postale Image, Indéfilms, Cofimage, Cinémage and Cinécap Soficas. The nine-week shoot will take place in Paris and Île-de-France, with a theatrical release slated for some time in 2018.
(Translated from French)
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