Tag: David Thion

Interview: Producer David Thion – Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Hansen-Løve’s If Love Should Die

This year marks the silver anniversary of French film producer David Thion, who made his debut with Emmanuel Mouret’s Laissons Lucie Faire! in 2000....

Hall of Mirror: Sammy Lechea & Zar Amir Ebrahimi Topline Karim Moussaoui’s “The Vanishing”

After making a splash on the Croisette in 2017 with his debut feature Until The Birds Return (Un Certain Regard selection), Karim Moussaoui is...

Anatomy of a Fall | Review

Witness for the Prosecution: Triet Beguiles with Knotty Crime Procedural Justine Triet reunites with several of her Sibyl (2019) collaborators on her best film to...

Labor Market: Laure Calamy Toplines Anne-Sophie Bailly’s Debut “Les Inséparables”

Anne-Sophie Bailly has lassoed the multi-faceted Laure Calamy for her feature debut, Les Inséparables. Originally titled Mona, according to the folks at Cineuropa, the...

Split Level: Chiara Mastroianni & Catherine Deneuve Lead Ensemble in New Honoré Film

Christophe Honoré has landed quite the cast for his next feature film. Re-teaming with daughter-mother team of Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve, Honoré also...

Winter Boy (Le Lycéen) | Review

Hazy Shade of Winter: Honore Deals with a Death in the Family in Sincere Coming-of-Age Christophe Honoré has built an intricate filmography on the backs...

Un beau matin (One Fine Morning) | Review

All the Mornings in the World: Seydoux Burns Bright in Hansen-Love’s Moving Drama Hannah Arendt succinctly remarked on the inference between 'doing' and 'understanding' in...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023:#25. Justine Triet’s Anatomie d’une chute

Anatomie d’une chute Last year we thought this might premiere and that Cannes was not in the cards. We can now take that back. Triet’s...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #80. Katell Quillévéré’s Le Temps d’aimer

Le Temps d’aimer Production on Katell Quillévéré's highly anticipated fourth film began in June of last year in northern, France. Anaïs Demoustier and Vincent Lacoste...

The Super 8 Years | Review

Parting Glances: Ernaux Ponders the Past with Intimate Documentary Debut Although a prominent novelist in France over the past several decades, writer Annie Ernaux has...

Don Juan | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

A Woman is a Woman: Bozon Invokes the Eternal Seducer in Eccentric Musical Much like Casanova, the name Don Juan has become a euphemism for...

Anaïs in Love | Review

She’s Pure as New York Snow: Bourgeois-Tacquet Charms in Effortless, Effective Comedy With her unexpectedly charming debut, Anaïs in Love, director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet presents the...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #19. Mia Hansen-Løve’s Un beau matin

Un beau matin (One Fine Morning) Produced by Les Films Pelléas' David Thion, Philippe Martin. Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve Written by Mia Hansen-Løve Starring: Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #30. Serge Bozon’s Don Juan

Don Juan In 2013's Tip Top and 2017's Mrs. Hyde we've come to fully appreciate his brand of cinema and with his fifth project we're...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #44. Christophe Honoré’s Le Lycéen (Winter Boy)

Le Lycéen Announced really late in 2021, Christophe Honoré went into production on his fourteenth with the formidable pair of Vincent Lacoste and Juliette Binoche...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #45. Justine Triet’s Anatomie d’une chute

Anatomie d’une chute Unless they pass up on the fall festival circuit and wait until '23, Justine Triet is not going to make it four...

On a Magical Night | Review

A Room with a Screw: Honoré Waxes Playful on Marital Discord The flexibility (or lack thereof) of fidelity in heteronormative relationships is at the center...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #75. Passion Simple – Danielle Arbid

Passion Simple Lebanese born French filmmaker Danielle Arbid mounts a high profile adaptation for her fifth narrative feature, Passion Simple, based on the popular 1992...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #88. Lisa Redler – Nicole Garcia

Lisa Redler Nicole Garcia returned to work with producers David Thion and Philippe Martin for Les Films Pelleas (who produced her 2013 title Going Away...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #62. Sibyl – Justine Triet

Sibyl Following the runaway success of her 2016 sophomore film Victoria, director Justine Triet returns with the highly anticipated dramedy Sibyl, filmed in secret over...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #136. Lisa Redler – Nicole Garcia

Lisa Redler Actress/director Nicole Garcia commences her ninth feature with Lisa Redler, returning to work with producers David Thion and Philippe Martin for Les Films...

Maya | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Maya Love is Your Love: Hansen-Love Stumbles with Sluggish Romantic Drama Following on the heels of her most widely acclaimed feature to date, 2016’s Things...

The Conversation: Producer David Thion

French producer David Thion has spent the past eighteen years gambling on untested talents, fostering the filmography of several Gallic novices into full-fledged auteurs....

Buoyant Bangalore: Kolinka, Banerjee, Descas & Johanna ter Steege Set for Hansen-Løve’s “Maya”

The set pieces (people and locations) are finalized and put in place for Mia Hansen-Løve's Maya, the multiple territory, global trotting think piece on...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #84. Axelle Roppert’s Tirez la langue, mademoiselle

Tirez la langue, mademoiselle Director/Writer: Axelle Roppert Producer(s): Les Films Pelléas' David Thion U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Louise Bourgoin, Cédric Kahn, Laurent Stocker 2013 is going to be...

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