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A flamboyant cast for Only the End of the World by Xavier Dolan

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- The first clapperboard will slam in May for the title starring Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, Vincent Cassel, Nathalie Baye and Gaspard Ulliel

A flamboyant cast for Only the End of the World by Xavier Dolan
Director Xavier Dolan

At the end of May, Xavier Dolan will get going with the shoot for his sixth feature, Only the End of the World, [+see also:
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a co-production between Canada and France, starring Marion Cotillard (Oscar for Best Actress in 2008 for La Vie en Rose [+see also:
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and nominated this year for Two Days, One Night [+see also:
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; soon to be seen on the big screen in competition at Cannes in Macbeth [+see also:
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), Léa Seydoux (winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2013 for Blue Is the Warmest Colour [+see also:
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and who is also set to make an appearance on the Croisette in The Lobster [+see also:
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), Vincent Cassel (winner of the César Award for Best Actor in 2009 for Killer Instinct [+see also:
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and Public Enemy #1 [+see also:
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, popular in such titles as Eastern Promises and Black Swan; also appearing in a Cannes 2015 competitor with Mon roi [+see also:
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), Nathalie Baye (nominated seven times for the César Award for Best Actress, winning it twice, in 1983 and 2006, and who has already performed in one of Dolan’s movies, Laurence Anyways [+see also:
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) and Gaspard Ulliel (nominated for the César Award for Best Actor in 2015 for Saint Laurent [+see also:
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). This constitutes a cast of 100% French topliners for the young Canadian prodigy (aged 26), who will incidentally be a jury member at the imminent 68th Cannes Film Festival (13-24 May 2015).

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Based on the theatre play of the same name by Jean-Luc Lagarce, Only the End of the World will revolve around an author who, after spending 12 years away, returns to his childhood village in order to announce his impending death to his family. At this family reunion, those present tell one another of the love they feel for each other through all the never-ending feuds, and unintentionally let out all the resentment that speaks volumes about their doubts and loneliness.

Produced by Nancy Grant and Xavier Dolan for Sons of Manual, by Nathanaël Karmitz for MK2 and by Sylvain Corbeil, Only the End of the World is sold by Séville International, which will kick off pre-sales at the Cannes Festival's Film Market. The film will be distributed in France by MK2/Diaphana.

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(Translated from French)

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