Mathieu Amalric Arnaud Desplechin Spectateurs

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House of Worship: Amalric & Françoise Lebrun Finalize Paul Dédalus Tale in Desplechin’s “Spectateurs”

Published on July 17, 2023

Filming begins today on Spectateurs – a docu-fiction film that will see Cannes darling Arnaud Desplechin‘s complete his Paul Dédalus films which began with 1996’s My Sex Life… or How I Got into an Argument and was continued with 2016’s My Golden Days. Naturally we find Desplechin’s muse Mathieu Amalric return as Paul and we also have Françoise Lebrun toplining. Look for more casting news other the next couple of weeks as production takes over the Hauts de France region. CG Cinéma’s Charles Gillibert produces the film which will be likely invited to Cannes next May. This centers on a movie theatre from the 1960s to the present day.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).