08/06/2022 - Having been absent from screens since 2015, the director is back with a film being produced by Partizan Films, sold by Kinology, and toplined by Pierre Niney and Blanche Gardin

Director Michel Gondry (© Georges Biard), actor Pierre Niney (© Georges Biard) and actress Blanche Gardin

Michel Gondry has been in the department of Gard since Monday 6 June, shooting The Book of Solutions [+see also:
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interview: Michel Gondry
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interview: Michel Gondry
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Standing out among the cast are Pierre Niney (recently nominated for the 2022 César Award for Best Actor for Black Box [+see also:
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interview: Nicolas Bedos
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interview: Bruno Dumont
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film profile], appearing at Cannes in The Night of the 12^th [+see also:
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interview: Dominik Moll
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The story, written by Gondry himself, will revolve around a director seeking to vanquish his demons which are stifling his creativity.

Produced by Georges Bermann for Partizan Films, The Book of Solutions has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+. The six-week shoot will take place in the Gard department (in and around Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu, Villemagne and Le Vigan), in Aude and in Paris. The French distribution will be handled by The Jokers, with the international sales entrusted to Kinology.

(Translated from French)