06/12/2017 - Niels Schneider, Noémie Merlant and Camelia Jordana are toplining the filmmaker’s feature debut

The home stretch is in sight for the shoot for Curiosa [+see also:
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interview: Ado Arrietta
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Q&A: Luca Guadagnino
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Q&A: Bertrand Bonello
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Written by the director together with Raphaëlle Desplechin (nominated for the César Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2011 for On Tour [+see also:
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film profile]), the story is loosely based on the relationship that existed between two authors at the end of the 19^th century, Pierre Loüys and Marie de Régnier, a passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom.

Produced by Olivier Delbosc for Curiosa Films, the feature has secured an advance on receipts from the CNC and €230,000 in backing from the Ile-de-France region. The cinematography has been entrusted to Simon Roca (9 Fingers [+see also:
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As a reminder, this year, Curiosa Films has released Claire Denis’ Bright Sunshine In [+see also:
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interview: Martin Provost
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Q&A: Etienne Comar
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film profile] by Sébastien Thiéry and Vincent Lobelle (toplined by Christian Clavier and Catherine Frot) on 27 December, and currently has The Apparition [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Giannoli
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film profile] by and starring Daniel Auteuil (who will be flanked on screen by Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Kiberlain and Spaniard Adriana Ugarte – set to be released on 25 April next year) and Paris Pigalle [+see also:
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(Translated from French)