Monday 3 June saw Jérôme Bonnell kick off filming on Tout recommencera, his 9th fiction feature film after Olga’s Chignon (in competition in Rotterdam 2003), Pale Eyes [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jérôme Bonnell
intervista: Nathalie Boutefeu
scheda film] (screened in the Berlinale Forum in 2005 and awarded the Jean Vigo Prize), Just a Sigh [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (in competition in Tribeca 2013) and All About Them [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (2015), to name just a few.

Eye-catching names in the cast include Swann Arlaud (awarded 2018’s Best Actor César for Bloody Milk [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Hubert Charuel
scheda film] and this year’s Best Supporting Role trophy for Anatomy of a Fall [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Justine Triet
scheda film], and starring in Sukkwan Island next year), Galatéa Bellugi (nominated for this year’s Best Supporting Role César thanks to Junkyard Dog [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], hitting cinemas in France on 12 June in Gloria! [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Margherita Vicario
scheda film] and next year in L’engloutie), Louise Chevillotte (revealed in Lover for a Day [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] and seen in this year’s Auction), Emmanuelle Devos (awarded 2002’s Best Actress César, further nominated in 2005 and 2018, and recently well-received in A Silence [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Joachim Lafosse
scheda film] and The Dreamer [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Anaïs Tellenne
scheda film]) and Aymeline Alix (glimpsed in Full Time [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Eric Gravel
scheda film]).

Written by the director and loosely based on Léonor de Recondo’s novel Amours, the story takes us back to 1908. Victoire and André are married but their love isn’t reciprocal and they’re struggling to have children. Feeling neglected, André takes advantage of their young domestic, Céleste. The maid is terrified and feels unable to reject him. His abusive behaviour continues until Céleste becomes pregnant and tries to conceal it…

Tout recommencera is produced by Michel Saint-Jean on behalf of Diaphana Films and notably enjoys support in the form of an advance on receipts from the CNC and backing from the Normandy region, which is where the 24-day film shoot is due to unfold until 4 July. The film’s release in French cinemas in entrusted to Diaphana Distribution.