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  Interview with Lola Roqueplo, director of Oh Oh Chéri    Why did you choose this nod to Françoise Hardy? At first, I entitled the film after a song by Françoise Hardy for quite a silly reason, because I was attracted to the physical sound of the words. Later, when I thought about the song, I envisioned the story of a girl who’s in […]

  Interview with Gabriel Harel, director of Yúl et le serpent (Yúl and the Snake) Where did the idea for Yúl and the Snake come from? Yul and the Snake was inspired by my childhood growing up in the Southern Alps region. The story is not directly based on something I experienced. It’s more of an atmosphere: youth pretending to be criminals, drugs, pitbulls, techno music, and […]

  Interview with Jean-Alain Laban, director of Maître-chien [Underdog] How did you come up with the idea of using a supermarket security guard as your main character? You might be a little disappointed when I tell you that I was not “inspired” by a supermarket security guard when I was doing my shopping. It was a process of elimination. I wanted to make a […]

Today, we had an interview with Romain Champalaune about his film Samsung Galaxy (F9).

  Interview with Clélia Schaeffer, director of Le printemps [The Spring] How did you come up with the idea for Le printemps ? In the beginning, I wanted to talk about solitude in the world of agriculture. From this starting point came the idea of Peter, an introverted teenager who struggles to communicate with others his age. Son of a farmer, he is torn […]

  Entretien avec François Zabaleta, réalisateur de Fuck l’amour Dans Fuck l’amour, vous questionnez la déception et l’incompréhension dans une relation parent-enfant. Pourquoi étiez-vous intéressé par le fait de montrer cet échec ? Le point de départ du film a été ma rencontre avec un garçon qui me parlait de sa relation avec ses parents. Son frère et lui souffraient de l’indifférence de leurs parents […]

  Interview with Charlie Belin, director of Blanquette. Why did you choose a blanquette over a leg or a roast? Leg, roast, stew… any traditional French dish would’ve done the job. The film was created from the editing of 8 recorded family meals at my grandparents’ house. In reality, the conversations overlap a patchwork of different dishes and desserts but I chose the blanquette […]

Today, we had an interview with William Laboury about his film Fais le mort (F10) et Hotaru (L2).

  Interview with Giovanni Aloi, director of E.T.E.R.N.I.T.. In E.T.E.R.N.I.T. you address the matter of the new life offered by family reunification services to your main character after many years of separation from his family. Did you enquire about the true length of time people wait to welcome their families to their new country? During the research phase, I had several interviews with workers […]

  Interview with Hannibal Mahé, director of Samedi [Saturday] What inspired you to make Samedi? Did you conduct research on “juvenile deliquents”? Since I direct music videos, I’m around young people a lot, I see and listen to their stories. Some of them can really inspire you as a writer if you’re there to hear them. The starting point for Samedi was a brief […]