Strand are ‘Witnesses’ to new Téchiné film

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Old school filmmaker André Téchiné (Wild Reeds) will have another one of his films released in the U.S. reports THR. Les Témoins will be released by Strand Releasing.

Starring Emmanuelle Béart and Michel Blanc, the film is set in Paris in 1984, revolves around a group of friends and lovers who confront the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic. 

Téchiné has a reputation of being a ladies man – the filmmaker casted Béart before in the “getaway” film Strayed (Les Égarés) and has worked with the likes of the Deneuves and Binoches of French cinema. The Witnesses was first shown at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.

Eric Lavallée
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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