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10914 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 01/08/2025.

Rivette in pole position for competition selection

One month before Marco Muller unveils the competition titles of the 66th Venice Film Festival (September 2-12), Jacques Rivette’s French/Italian co-production 36 Vues du Pic Saint-Loup (“36 Views...  

30/06/2009 | Venice 2009 | Competition/France

Gainsbourg prepares to star in Bertuccelli’s The Tree

Recently crowned Best Actress at Cannes for her performance in Antichrist, Charlotte Gainsbourg will head to Australia in a month’s time to shoot Julie Bertuccelli’s English-language film L'arbre...  

29/06/2009 | Production | France

Civeyrac to start shooting Des Filles en Noir

Shooting starts next Thursday on the seventh feature by Jean-Paul Civeyrac, a favourite among film lovers and festival selectors. Centring on two rebellious and dangerous teenage girls, his new...  

25/06/2009 | Production | France

Frédéric Mitterrand appointed Culture Minister

After a year as head of the Villa Medici French Academy in Rome, Frédéric Mitterrand, nephew of France’s former president François Mitterrand, was yesterday appointed Minister of Culture and...  

24/06/2009 | Institutions | France

Mouret caught in own trap in Please, Please Me!

After Change of Address (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2006) and Shall We Kiss? (Venice Days 2007), Emmanuel Mouret returns to French theatres with Please, Please Me!, on release today by Pyramide....  

24/06/2009 | Releases | France

Interview: Denis Dercourt • Director

Hypnotic beauty and historical accuracy

Interview with an unusual, 44-year-old director who, film after film, is emerging as a French filmmaker to watch closely  

23/06/2009

A Prophet

Jacques Audiard transcends a genre film about prison and criminality, to create a complex work combining powerful realism, a sensitive human journey and subtle social metaphor  

23/06/2009 | Films | Reviews

Tomorrow at Dawn

Perilous journey into the parallel world of historical reconstruction fans in this psychologically subtle and visually stunning film unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival  

23/06/2009 | Films | Reviews

Duris plays a professional Heartbreaker

The third week of shooting is currently underway in Monaco on Pascal Chaumeil‘s debut feature, Heartbreaker, starring Romain Duris (soon to appear alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg in Patrice...  

23/06/2009 | Production | France

Elkabetz finds love behind bars in Les Mains Libres

The final leg of shooting is underway in and around Paris on the directorial debut of actress Brigitte Sy (seen last year in Versailles): Les Mains Libres (“Free Hands”). Winner of an award at...  

22/06/2009 | Production | France

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