The Deep Blue V: Sophie Letourneur Sets Sails for “L’Aventura”

Savory wine, blissful beaches, rugged topography, and an elusive Philippe Katerine who plays Jean-Philippe — we’ve been keeping close tabs on what will be the middle part in Sophie Letourneur‘s proposed vaca-trilogy. Now comes word that (via the Cineuropa folks) that the project will be known as L’Aventura — a wordplay on Michelangelo Antonioni’s masterwork (perhaps one of the main players will disappear here too). Casting is complete (perhaps we’ll get a surprise appearance), and Letourneur will be re-teaming with cinematographer Jonathan Ricquebourg (he was onboard for Voyages en Italie and more recently The Taste of Things) and the bigger news is that the producing team to come onboard are Atelier de Production’s Thomas and Mathieu Verhaeghe – who mostly produced a string of Quentin Dupieux films and other recent fest faves in Puan (last year’s San Sebastian Film Festival) and Dog on Trial and Eat the Night (both featured at this year’s Cannes Film Festival). Filming will take place in Sardinia and Corsica this summer. We could expect this to land on the film fest circuit as early as Cannes next year. Letourneur was actually on the Crosiette this year as a jury member for the Queer Palme.

Written by Sophie Letourneur, this continues a couple of years where “Voyages en Italie” left off, and sees Jean-Philippe and Sophie vacation in Sicily with their two young children.