‘One Fantastic Morning’ Producer Les Movies Pelleas Units Subsequent Mission by Guillaume Senez, Anne-Sophie Bailly

Les Films Pelleas, the Paris-based banner behind Mia Hansen-Love’s “One Fine Morning” (pictured), is about to provide Guillaume Senez (“Our Struggles”)’s subsequent venture, in addition to the function debut of Anne-Sophie Bailly whose brief “The Midwife” is presently taking part in at Telluride. The Paris-based banner’s roster of accomplished roster contains Karim Moussaoui’s “L’Effacement,” and Annie Ernaux’s documentary “Les annes Tremendous-8.”

“Mona” revolves round round a girl in her 60’s who raised alone her disabled son and is at a degree in her life the place she aspires to start out caring for herself. However when her son is unexpectedly having a child, Mona finds herself with one other heavy accountability to bear.

David Thion, producer and co-founder (with Philippe Martin) of Les Movies Pelleas, mentioned the movie is well timed and based mostly on issues Bailly noticed. “It’s a wonderful and emotional story a couple of single mom and a caretaker,” mentioned the Paris-based producer who’s now at Telluride to current “One Fantastic Morning,” the only real French title of the official choice. Filming is predicted to start subsequent Spring. Bailly is a graduate of France’s prestigious movie college La Femis.

“Une half manquante,” in the meantime, marks Senez’s observe as much as “Nos Batailles” which earned its star Romain Duris a Cesar nomination. The helmer’s subsequent venture is about in Japan and tells the story of a renown French chef who divorces his Japanese spouse in Tokyo and loses all custody rights of his three-year daughter. Discovering himself minimize off from his little one’s life, he decides to desert his job and turns into a taxi driver, hoping he’ll discover his daughter and her mom whereas driving throughout the town.

Thion mentioned Senez was impressed to put in writing this story after visiting Japan and studying that beneath the native household regulation, shared custody isn’t granted and in case of a mixte couple, the Japanese guardian at all times will get custody of kids.

“Like ‘Our Struggles,’ ‘Une half manquante’ shall be a extremely emotional movie mining fatherhood and filiation bonds,” mentioned the producer, including that Duris will possible play the lead function of the film.

Co-written by Jean Denizot (“The Churchmen”), “Une half manquante” is co-produced by Versus in Belgium and can begin taking pictures subsequent yr. Be For Movies is dealing with worldwide gross sales. Haut et Courtroom will distribute the movie in French theaters.

Moussaoui’s subsequent movie, “L’Effacement” is co-written by Maud Ameline, based mostly on Samir Toumi’s novel.
The movie charts the journey of a younger Algerian man from an higher class household who turns into more and more alienated by his authoritative father and implodes. “It’s a narrative shedding gentle on a younger era caught between founding myths, social injunctions and private needs, and it’s additionally a movie a couple of failed transmission between generations,” mentioned Thion, who described it as an “Algerian Taxi Driver.” Co-produced by Niko Movie in Germany and Guelta Movies in Algeria, the movie will come out in the course of the first semester of 2023 and is being handlied by MK2 Movies. Advert Vitam, which launched Moussaoui’s earlier movie, “Ready For Swallows,” will launch the movie in France.

The corporate can also be engaged on the subsequent movies by Justine Triet (“Anatomie d’une chute”) which wrapped taking pictures in Could and is repped by MK2 Movies; Katell Quillevéré’s “Le temps d’aimer” (co-produced by Les Movies du Belier) which simply began lensing and is being offered by Charades; and is growing Charline Bourgeois-Taquet’s observe as much as “Anais in Love.” Talking of Bourgois-Taquet’s venture, Thion mentioned the movie shall be about “a girl who’s reside fortunately in a world that’s unwell.”

The banner’s roster of upcoming releases embrace “One Fantastic Morning,” which comes out on Oct. 5, Christophe Honore’s “Le lyceen” on Nov. 23, and Ernaux’s documentary on Dec. 14.

“The DNA of Les Movies Pelleas is to work carefully with auteurs who develop into renown filmmakers and uncover rising abilities,” mentioned Thion. “It’s very troublesome for auteur cinema proper now as there are much less financing sources however we’re persevering with to help filmmakers who’ve singular initiatives that should be made,” he continued.