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10906 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 25/07/2025.

Déak set to start shooting La Grande Vie

Parents who don’t take responsibility for their own children is the subject explored by young filmmaker Marina Déak in her debut feature La Grande Vie, which starts shooting in Paris on Monday....  

25/09/2008 | Production | France

Lifshitz shoots road movie Plein Sud

After 23 days in Bordeaux and Haut Médoc, the shoot for Sébastien Lifshitz’s third narrative feature, Plein Sud (“My Weak Heart”), will relocate to the Zaragoza area in Spain for two days and then...  

25/09/2008 | Production | France

Cantet–Barratier: An unlikely duel

There is quite an anticipated duel scheduled for today in French theatres due to the release of two films perfectly illustrating the diversity of local cinema: Cannes 2008 Palme d’Or winner and...  

24/09/2008 | Releases | France

The Class in the running

The winner of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Laurent Cantet's The Class, has been chosen as France's entry for the Oscar nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The five...  

22/09/2008 | Oscars 2009 | France

European film revival in theatres

Boosted by the "La rentrée du cinéma" initiative organised by the FNCF (National Federation of French Movie Theatres) on September 14,15 and 16 with ticket prices at €3.50 and a total of 1.7m...  

19/09/2008 | Box Office | France

Dercourt returns with Loin des balles

Shooting kicks off on Monday, September 22 in the Paris area on Denis Dercourt’s fourth feature Loin des balles (“Far From the Gunshots”), which delves into the astonishing world of the...  

19/09/2008 | Production | France

Louise Michel heads French contingent at San Sebastian

The 56th San Sebastian Film Festival kicks off today. Among the 19 titles in official competition are two French features: Christophe Honoré’s La Belle personne (“Beautiful Person”, see news) and...  

18/09/2008 | Festivals | France

Humiliation according to Jaoui-Bacri in Let It Rain

Launched by StudioCanal on 412 screens, Agnès Jaoui’s Let It Rain is the main attraction among the 10 new releases hitting French screens this week. Lauded by most critics, the film marks the...  

17/09/2008 | Releases | France

Interview: Laurent Cantet • Director

"Success wasn’t guaranteed but the gamble paid off"

The director looks at the original method that led him to explore the subject of school through a cinematic medium combining fiction and documentary  

16/09/2008

International sales

Even before the film screened in official competition, Laurent Cantet’s feature had already sold to 43 countries at the Cannes Festival Film Market  

16/09/2008

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