21/11/2024 - Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Efira, Vincent Lacoste, Luàna Bajrami and Sophie Letourneur star in this Les Films Velvet production being sold by Goodfellas

On 22 November, Rebecca Zlotowski will wrap the shoot for Vie privée (lit. “Private Life”), her sixth feature, following three films that took part in Cannes (Belle épine [+see also:
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Toplining the cast are US thesp Jodie Foster (Oscar for Best Actress in 1989 for The Accused and in 1992 for The Silence of the Lambs; also nominated in the same category in 1995; nominated twice for Best Supporting Actress, in 1977 and this year, for Nyad) and France’s Daniel Auteuil (Best Actor Award at Cannes in 1996 for The Eighth Day, César Award for Best Actor in 1987 and 2000, and nominated a further 12 times in the same category, European Film Award for Best Actor in 1993 and 2005, recently appearing in his own directorial effort An Ordinary Case [+see also:
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Also among the cast are Mathieu Amalric (César Award for Best Actor in 2005 and 2008; nominated in 2014; appearing this year in Filmlovers! [+see also:
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The story, written by the director herself, Anne Berest (the series Mytho) and Gaëlle Macé (nominated for the Lumière Award for Best Screenplay in 2015 for Elle l’adore [+see also:
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Vie privée is being produced by Frédéric Jouve for Les Films Velvet and co-produced by France 3 Cinéma. Having been pre-purchased by France Télévisions, Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature also boasts support from the CNC’s advance on receipts, and from the Cinécap, Cinémage, Cinéventure, Cofinova and Indéfilms Soficas. The shoot, which kicked off on 30 September, has been taking place in Paris and Normandy, with George Lechaptois (who has teamed up with the director on all of her features thus far) serving as DoP. The international sales are being overseen by Goodfellas and the French theatrical distribution by Ad Vitam.

As a reminder, Les Films Velvet recently staged In His Own Image [+see also:
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(Translated from French)