Diastème’s Hear Me Love is now in post-production
- Clara Luciani and William Lebghil star in the musical co-written by the director with Alex Beaupain, produced by Nolita and sold internationally by Ginger & Fed
After beginning on 16 January, filming on Hear Me Love (Joli Joli) by Diastème concluded on 27 February. This is the director’s 5th feature film after, among others, French Blood [+see also:
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film profile] (Toronto Platform 2015) and The World of Yesterday [+see also:
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interview: Diastème
film profile] (2022). Heading the cast of this musical are singer Clara Luciani and William Lebghil (nominated for the 2019 César and Lumière awards for Best Male Revelation for The Freshmen [+see also:
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interview: Thomas Lilti
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Also in the cast are Laura Felpin (who will be in French cinemas in May in L’Esprit Coubertin), José Garcia (seen this past year in A Chef for Dali and Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom [+see also:
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interview: Quentin Dupieux
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interview: Jean-Christophe Meurisse
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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interview: Danièle and Christopher Tho…
interview: Manuel Alduy
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interview: Virginie Verrier
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Written by Diastème (winner of the Best Screenplay award in 2019 at Venice Orizzonti for Back Home [+see also:
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The music and the songs are created by Alex Beaupain (winner of the 2012 César award for Best Original Music for Love Songs [+see also:
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interview: Thomas de Thier
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Produced by Maxime Delauney, Romain Rousseau and Mathieu Ageron for Nolita, Hear Me Love is co-produced by Les Canards Sauvages, Hors Champs Productions, ICE and Ugo&Play. Pre-bought by OCS, Disney+ and TF1, the film also benefits from an advance on receipts from the CNC. The distribution in French cinemas will be handled by Haut et Court and the international sales (excluding SVOD and TV rights) by Ginger & Fed.
(Translated from French)
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