Filming will begin on Monday 2 February for Mariage au goût d'orange, Christophe Honoré's 16th feature film. Honoré has presented six films at Cannes (including three in the competition, Love Songs [+leggi anche:
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Q&A: Christophe Honoré
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scheda film] in 2024) and Winter Boy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Christophe Honoré
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The cast includes Vincent Lacoste (twice nominated for the César Award for Best Actor, winner of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor Lost Illusions [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Xavier Giannoli
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intervista: Hubert Charuel e Claude Le…
scheda film] and Colours of Time [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Cédric Klapisch
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scheda film] and nominated twice more, to her credit last year in Dog 51 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Quentin Dupieux
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intervista: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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intervista: Arnaud Desplechin
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intervista: Alessio Rigo de Righi e Ma…
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intervista: Charlène Favier
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intervista: Antony Cordier
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intervista: Agathe Riedinger
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intervista: Davy Chou
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intervista: Hafsia Herzi
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intervista: Anna Cazenave Cambet
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Written by the director (nominated for a César Award in 2009 for Best Adaptation), the screenplay focuses on the Puig siblings, a family of seven children. Today is the wedding day of the youngest, Jacques. The setting is March 1978, in a church in a suburb of Nantes. The father is not attending the wedding, having been banished from the family. Jacques marries Martine, a young woman who lives in the same neighbourhood as him. It is a marriage of love. But can love heal childhood wounds?

Mariage au goût d'orange is produced by Philippe Martin for Les Films Pelléas (with David Thion as associate producer) and co-produced by Hugo Sélignac for Chi-Fou-Mi Productions. Pre-purchased by Canal+ and Netflix, the feature film also benefits from advance funding from the CNC and the Brittany and Pays de la Loire regions. The six weeks of filming will take place in Rennes and Angers until 13 March, with Jeanne Lapoirie (nominated for a César award in her field in 2003, 2014 and 2018) as director of photography. Sales are being handled by Pyramide International and the film will be released in French cinemas by Ad Vitam Distribution.

As a reminder, Les Films Pelléas' recent achievements include Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winner It Was Just an Accident [+leggi anche:
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