Friday 8 November will see Anna Cazenave Cambet wrapping the first and most significant segment of filming on Love Me Tender, her second feature-length movie after Gold For Dogs [+leggi anche:
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Stand-out names leading the cast include Luxembourg’s Vicky Krieps (awarded the Best Actress Prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section and at the European Film Awards in 2022 by way of Corsage [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marie Kreutzer
intervista: Marie Kreutzer
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intervista: Viggo Mortensen
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Likewise in on the action are Canada’s Monia Chokri (recently seen in her third directorial effort, The Nature of Love [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Monia Chokri
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intervista: Arnaud Valois
intervista: Robin Campillo
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intervista: Justine Triet
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intervista: Catherine Breillat
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intervista: Davy Chou
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intervista: Alice Diop
intervista: Kayije Kagame
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intervista: Ladj Ly e Giordano Gederlini
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intervista: Guillaume Brac
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Adapted by the director from Constance Debré’s novel of the same name, Love Me Tender follows Clémence, a married lawyer who decides to drop everything in order to write and to live out her homosexuality unimpeded. But this bothers her ex-husband who ensures she loses custody of her son. She embarks upon a lengthy battle to try to get him back, but will she be forced to renounce this maternal bond in order to thrive or survive?

Love Me Tender is produced by Raphaëlle Delauche and Nicolas Sanfaute on behalf of Novoprod Cinéma, in co-production with France 2 Cinéma. Pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+ and France Télévisions, the feature film also enjoys support from the Ile-de-France and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions, as well as from the Lot-et-Garonne department and the SOFICA companies Indéfilms, Cinecap and Cineaxe. The film shoot will last a total of 37 days with Kristy Baboul (who previously partnered with the director on her first feature film) heading up photography. International sales will be steered by Be For Films and distribution in France by Tandem.

For the record, Novoprod Cinéma are currently overseeing production on La poupée by Sophie Beaulieu (read our article) and also recently co-produced The Mohican [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Frédéric Farrucci
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