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In Olivier Peyon’s powerfully emotional drama Lie With Me, the successful novelist Stéphane Belcourt (Guillaume de Tonquédec) has returned to his hometown for the first time in decades. As a local celebrity, Stéphane has been invited to be the brand ambassador for its famous cognac distillery.
On arrival he is stunned to discover that one of the company’s executives is Lucas (Victor Belmondo), the son of his teenage first love Thomas. This triggers for Stéphane vivid memories of their passionate but secret adolescent affair – at a time when homosexuality was kept in the shadows. As he processes the pain of the lost years and what might have been, Stéphane begins to repair the deep wounds of his youth,...
In Olivier Peyon’s powerfully emotional drama Lie With Me, the successful novelist Stéphane Belcourt (Guillaume de Tonquédec) has returned to his hometown for the first time in decades. As a local celebrity, Stéphane has been invited to be the brand ambassador for its famous cognac distillery.
On arrival he is stunned to discover that one of the company’s executives is Lucas (Victor Belmondo), the son of his teenage first love Thomas. This triggers for Stéphane vivid memories of their passionate but secret adolescent affair – at a time when homosexuality was kept in the shadows. As he processes the pain of the lost years and what might have been, Stéphane begins to repair the deep wounds of his youth,...
- 11/7/2023
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Lie With Me
Some directors seem incapable of making disappointing films, and Olivier Peyon is one of them – but with Lie With Me (aka Arrête Avec Tes Mensonges), which was at Flare earlier this year and is currently screening at Newfest, he faced an additional challenge. The film, which tells the story of a writer who returns to his hometown and meets the son of his secret teenage lover Thomas, is an adaptation of a book which has many adoring fans. That book is also a deeply personal work, as he explained when we met a couple of weeks ago to discuss his work.
“The novel is the memories of the writer, Philippe Besson, and it was about his first big love story when he was a teenager. And so most of the novel is about that. It is about the past, about memories, about this tragic, this strong...
Some directors seem incapable of making disappointing films, and Olivier Peyon is one of them – but with Lie With Me (aka Arrête Avec Tes Mensonges), which was at Flare earlier this year and is currently screening at Newfest, he faced an additional challenge. The film, which tells the story of a writer who returns to his hometown and meets the son of his secret teenage lover Thomas, is an adaptation of a book which has many adoring fans. That book is also a deeply personal work, as he explained when we met a couple of weeks ago to discuss his work.
“The novel is the memories of the writer, Philippe Besson, and it was about his first big love story when he was a teenager. And so most of the novel is about that. It is about the past, about memories, about this tragic, this strong...
- 10/13/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Curzon is re-releasing Lars von Trier’s ‘The Idiots’.
Warner Bros’ superhero sci-fi Blue Beetle and Universal’s canine comedy Strays head the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office, in a post-Barbenheimer test of how the market can handle two wide studio releases.
Opening in 556 cinemas, Blue Beetle is the third feature from Puerto Rican filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto. In the film, after an alien scarab chooses a teenager to be its symbiotic host, the youngster becomes the eponymous superhero with an unpredictable suit of armour.
Xolo Mariduena leads the cast, which also includes Bruna Marquezine, Damian Alcazar, George Lopez and Adriana Barraza.
Warner Bros’ superhero sci-fi Blue Beetle and Universal’s canine comedy Strays head the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office, in a post-Barbenheimer test of how the market can handle two wide studio releases.
Opening in 556 cinemas, Blue Beetle is the third feature from Puerto Rican filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto. In the film, after an alien scarab chooses a teenager to be its symbiotic host, the youngster becomes the eponymous superhero with an unpredictable suit of armour.
Xolo Mariduena leads the cast, which also includes Bruna Marquezine, Damian Alcazar, George Lopez and Adriana Barraza.
- 8/18/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Jean-Paul Belmondo’s grandson Victor is uncanny in a supporting role to Guillaume de Tonquédec’s uptight novelist, whose return to his provincial home town stirs up memories of his first love
There are a couple of scenes in this French drama where you might almost think that the film-makers have deepfaked the young Jean-Paul Belmondo back on to the screen, and that AI replicas in film – one of the flashpoints of the Hollywood actors’ strike – has already come to pass. Not so fast. The actor we’re watching is his grandson, Victor Belmondo, and in closeup, at certain angles, the resemblance really is uncanny: that nose (though a little less lopsided) and the pillowy lips arranged to smouldering leading-man effect.
Belmondo appears in a supporting role in a tasteful literary adaptation that has impeccable manners, based on a bestselling autobiographical novel by Philippe Besson (dubbed the “French Brokeback Mountain...
There are a couple of scenes in this French drama where you might almost think that the film-makers have deepfaked the young Jean-Paul Belmondo back on to the screen, and that AI replicas in film – one of the flashpoints of the Hollywood actors’ strike – has already come to pass. Not so fast. The actor we’re watching is his grandson, Victor Belmondo, and in closeup, at certain angles, the resemblance really is uncanny: that nose (though a little less lopsided) and the pillowy lips arranged to smouldering leading-man effect.
Belmondo appears in a supporting role in a tasteful literary adaptation that has impeccable manners, based on a bestselling autobiographical novel by Philippe Besson (dubbed the “French Brokeback Mountain...
- 8/15/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Molly Ringwald is revisiting the controversial “Last Tango in Paris.”
The “Breakfast Club” icon translated the non-fiction book “My Cousin Maria Schneider: A Memoir” by Vanessa Schneider from French to English, and in a new interview with The Guardian, Ringwald weighed in on the treatment of then 19-year-old actress Maria Schneider during the erotic 1972 film. Schneider plays a young woman who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with an older man, played by Marlon Brando, with demons of his own.
“She was on board for a lot of it. I feel like she personified the time: she was free, she was bisexual, she was really happy to be part of something that was daring,” Ringwald said of Schneider. “They just went the extra step that they didn’t need to go. The film could have been daring and provocative without that. She should have been able to consent.”
Ringwald began her...
The “Breakfast Club” icon translated the non-fiction book “My Cousin Maria Schneider: A Memoir” by Vanessa Schneider from French to English, and in a new interview with The Guardian, Ringwald weighed in on the treatment of then 19-year-old actress Maria Schneider during the erotic 1972 film. Schneider plays a young woman who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with an older man, played by Marlon Brando, with demons of his own.
“She was on board for a lot of it. I feel like she personified the time: she was free, she was bisexual, she was really happy to be part of something that was daring,” Ringwald said of Schneider. “They just went the extra step that they didn’t need to go. The film could have been daring and provocative without that. She should have been able to consent.”
Ringwald began her...
- 4/24/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
It’s often said that fiction is a species of lying aimed at revealing greater truths, and that notion lies at the heart of Olivier Peyon’s latest drama, which screened as part of 2023’s BFI Flare. Adapted from the book by Philippe Besson, it follows a middle aged author returning to his hometown and getting to know the son of his long lost love, whilst both of them try to unravel the mysteries of a man who kept both of them at a distance.
The author is Stéphane (Guillaume de Tonquédec), a man who has lived a full life yet has never fully been able to get over his first love affair, persistently naming characters after Thomas (Julien De Saint Jean) though he hasn’t seen him since they were both 17. He travels home after being invited to speak at a distillery there, the sort of event with which writers punctuate.
The author is Stéphane (Guillaume de Tonquédec), a man who has lived a full life yet has never fully been able to get over his first love affair, persistently naming characters after Thomas (Julien De Saint Jean) though he hasn’t seen him since they were both 17. He travels home after being invited to speak at a distillery there, the sort of event with which writers punctuate.
- 3/24/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
“Lie With Me,” a romance drama headlined by French stars Guillaume de Tonquebec and Victor Belmondo, has lured a raft of theatrical distributors at the Berlinale’s EFM.
Represented in international markets by Be For Films and directed by Olivier Peyon, the movie is based on Philippe Besson’s book “Arrête avec tes mensonges.” The autobiographical novel was originally published in France by Editions Julliard in 2017 and won pair of awards including the Maison de la Presse prize in 2017.
After selling several key territories earlier this year, Be For Films has now closed deals for the U.S. (Cinephobia Realising), Germany/Austria (24 Bilder), Brazil (Imovision), Poland (Tongariro), Greece (Cinobo) and Turkey (Bir Films).
“Lie With Me” stars de Tonquebec as a prominent novelist Stéphane Belcourt who becomes the brand ambassador for a famous cognac celebrating their bicentennial. The gig leads him to return to his hometown for the first time in many years.
Represented in international markets by Be For Films and directed by Olivier Peyon, the movie is based on Philippe Besson’s book “Arrête avec tes mensonges.” The autobiographical novel was originally published in France by Editions Julliard in 2017 and won pair of awards including the Maison de la Presse prize in 2017.
After selling several key territories earlier this year, Be For Films has now closed deals for the U.S. (Cinephobia Realising), Germany/Austria (24 Bilder), Brazil (Imovision), Poland (Tongariro), Greece (Cinobo) and Turkey (Bir Films).
“Lie With Me” stars de Tonquebec as a prominent novelist Stéphane Belcourt who becomes the brand ambassador for a famous cognac celebrating their bicentennial. The gig leads him to return to his hometown for the first time in many years.
- 2/21/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Brussels-based sales company Be For Films has closed a raft of pre-sales on Julien Carpentier’s feature debut “La vie de ma mère,” a mother-and-son dramedy, starring Agnès Jaoui and William Lebghil.
Now in post, the heartwarming film follows Julien, a successful 33-year-old florist whose life is turned upside down when his mother Judith, whom he hasn’t seen for two years, reappears. Mercurial and extravagant, she suffers from bipolar disorder and has recently escaped from a clinic. Pierre has only one idea in mind: Send her back as quickly as possible so his life can get back on track. But nothing happens as he hoped for. Their unexpected reunion, as funny and explosive as it is heart-wrenching, will transform Pierre and Judith forever. Alison Wheeler and Salif Cissé complete the cast. Kmbo will distribute the film in France.
“La vie de ma mere” is produced by Silex Films, the banner behind “Rose,...
Now in post, the heartwarming film follows Julien, a successful 33-year-old florist whose life is turned upside down when his mother Judith, whom he hasn’t seen for two years, reappears. Mercurial and extravagant, she suffers from bipolar disorder and has recently escaped from a clinic. Pierre has only one idea in mind: Send her back as quickly as possible so his life can get back on track. But nothing happens as he hoped for. Their unexpected reunion, as funny and explosive as it is heart-wrenching, will transform Pierre and Judith forever. Alison Wheeler and Salif Cissé complete the cast. Kmbo will distribute the film in France.
“La vie de ma mere” is produced by Silex Films, the banner behind “Rose,...
- 1/16/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Brussels-based Be For Films has closed a raft of deals on “Lie With Me,” Olivier Peyon’s romance drama starring well-known French actors including Guillaume de Tonquebec and Victor Belmondo.
The movie is based on Philippe Besson’s book “Arrête avec tes mensonges.” The autobiographical novel was originally published in France by Editions Julliard in 2017 and won pair of awards including the Maison de la Presse prize in 2017.
“Lie With Me” stars de Tonquebec as a prominent novelist Stéphane Belcourt who becomes the brand ambassador for a famous cognac celebrating their bicentennial. The gig leads him to return to his hometown for the first time in many years. Once there, he meets Lucas, the son of a man he loved passionately when he was 17. Memories of this first love come rushing back to Stephane and he and Lucas embark on an impossible love affair.
Be For Films is hosting a...
The movie is based on Philippe Besson’s book “Arrête avec tes mensonges.” The autobiographical novel was originally published in France by Editions Julliard in 2017 and won pair of awards including the Maison de la Presse prize in 2017.
“Lie With Me” stars de Tonquebec as a prominent novelist Stéphane Belcourt who becomes the brand ambassador for a famous cognac celebrating their bicentennial. The gig leads him to return to his hometown for the first time in many years. Once there, he meets Lucas, the son of a man he loved passionately when he was 17. Memories of this first love come rushing back to Stephane and he and Lucas embark on an impossible love affair.
Be For Films is hosting a...
- 1/12/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The celebrated novelist on his friendship with France’s first couple and his latest book, a French Brokeback Mountain. Plus, a Q&a with translator Molly Ringwald
When French writer Philippe Besson was introduced to Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron at a dinner five years ago, it was friendship at first sight. Besson recalls that he and the woman who would become France’s first lady chatted about her favourite literary figure, Emma Bovary.
The choice of Gustave Flaubert’s tragic heroine who is passionate and bored with the banality of provincial life but trapped in a mediocre marriage, was not, Besson thinks, an accident. After all, it is no secret that Brigitte was married with three children and working as a teacher in the provincial northern city of Amiens when she began a relationship with Emmanuel Macron, 24 years her junior.
When French writer Philippe Besson was introduced to Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron at a dinner five years ago, it was friendship at first sight. Besson recalls that he and the woman who would become France’s first lady chatted about her favourite literary figure, Emma Bovary.
The choice of Gustave Flaubert’s tragic heroine who is passionate and bored with the banality of provincial life but trapped in a mediocre marriage, was not, Besson thinks, an accident. After all, it is no secret that Brigitte was married with three children and working as a teacher in the provincial northern city of Amiens when she began a relationship with Emmanuel Macron, 24 years her junior.
- 8/18/2019
- by Kim Willsher
- The Guardian - Film News
Flach Pyramide International
Never one to shy away from stories dealing with very intense human contact, filmmaker Patrice Chereau ("Intimacy") gets up close and personal with this portrait of tricky family dynamics.
Based on the Philippe Besson novel "Son Frere", the unflinchingly clinical "His Brother" -- which screened at the City of Lights/City of Angels Film Festival -- deals with the relationship between a pair of estranged siblings who are brought together after one of them is diagnosed with a potentially fatal blood disease.
When his illness forces him to check into the hospital, Thomas (Bruno Todeschini) calls upon his gay younger brother, Luc (Eric Caravaca), to help care for him. At first reluctant and resentful for the earlier years in which he felt abandoned by his Big Brother, Luc gradually rises to the task.
Shunning artifice, Chereau insists on keeping things graphically real -- a sequence in which Thomas is given a pre-op chest-to-groin shave by two nurses is carried out with excruciating, real-time precision.
The characters' interior lives, meanwhile, are examined with the same kind of X-ray-reading scrutiny, and while its two credible leads are certainly up to the challenge, there's a relentless claustrophobia that prevents the film from taking on a fully dimensional life of its own.
By the time Chereau has cued an appropriately dirgelike Marianne Faithfull tune, his emotional shut-ins aren't The Only Ones in serious need of a blast of fresh air.
Never one to shy away from stories dealing with very intense human contact, filmmaker Patrice Chereau ("Intimacy") gets up close and personal with this portrait of tricky family dynamics.
Based on the Philippe Besson novel "Son Frere", the unflinchingly clinical "His Brother" -- which screened at the City of Lights/City of Angels Film Festival -- deals with the relationship between a pair of estranged siblings who are brought together after one of them is diagnosed with a potentially fatal blood disease.
When his illness forces him to check into the hospital, Thomas (Bruno Todeschini) calls upon his gay younger brother, Luc (Eric Caravaca), to help care for him. At first reluctant and resentful for the earlier years in which he felt abandoned by his Big Brother, Luc gradually rises to the task.
Shunning artifice, Chereau insists on keeping things graphically real -- a sequence in which Thomas is given a pre-op chest-to-groin shave by two nurses is carried out with excruciating, real-time precision.
The characters' interior lives, meanwhile, are examined with the same kind of X-ray-reading scrutiny, and while its two credible leads are certainly up to the challenge, there's a relentless claustrophobia that prevents the film from taking on a fully dimensional life of its own.
By the time Chereau has cued an appropriately dirgelike Marianne Faithfull tune, his emotional shut-ins aren't The Only Ones in serious need of a blast of fresh air.
- 4/10/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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