02/06/2022 - Anaïs Demoustier and Vincent Lacoste head the cast of the director’s new film, produced by Les Films du Bélier and Les Films Pelléas, sold by Charades

Actress Anaïs Demoustier and actor Vincent Lacoste (© Georges Biard)

Since 9 May, Katell Quillévéré has been filming Along Came Love [+see also:
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interview: Katell Quillévéré
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film profile] (2010 Directors’ Fortnight), Suzanne [+see also:
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interview: Katell Quillévéré
film profile] (2013 Critics’ Week in Cannes) and Heal the Living [+see also:
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interview: Katell Quillévéré
film profile] (2016 Orizzonti in Venice and in the Platform competition in Toronto). The director also co-created and co-directed the series Reign Supreme [+see also:
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interview: Olivier Wotling
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Along Came Love brings together Anaïs Demoustier (winner of the 2020 César award for Best Actress for Alice and the Mayor [+see also:
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interview: Nicolas Pariser
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interview: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
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film profile], in cinemas on 15 June in Incredible But True [+see also:
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interview: Quentin Dupieux
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interview: Patric Chiha
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interview: Xavier Giannoli
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Written by the director together with Gilles Taurand (winner of the 1995 César award for Best Screenplay and nominated six other times since), the script begins in 1947. On a beach in Normandy, Madeleine, a waitress in a hotel restaurant and mother to a little boy, meets François, a rich and cultured student. The connection between them is self-evident. Such is providence. Although we already know what she wants to leave behind by following this young man,  we discover with time what François is trying to escape from by entangling Madeleine’s destiny with his… It is worth noting that the story takes place over the course of 20 years. 

Produced by Justin Taurand for Les Films du Bélier and by David Thion and Philippe Martin for Les Films Pelléas, Along Came Love is co-produced by France 2 Cinéma, by Gaumont (who will handle the film’s French distribution) and by Belgian companies Frakas Productions and RTBF. Pre-bought by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature film also benefits from the support of, among others, the advance on receipts of the CNC, Pictanovo, the Brittany and Ile-de-France regions, Wallimage, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the La Banque Postale Image, Cinémage and Cinécap Soficas, Proximus and Be tv. The 43 days of filming will last until 13 July in the Ile-de-France, Brittany and Hauts de France regions, with Tom Harari (nominated for the 2022 César award of his speciality for Onoda - 10 000 Nights in the Jungle [+see also:
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interview: Arthur Harari
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For the record, Les Films du Bélier are behind Coma [+see also:
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Les Films Pelléas viennent de dévoiler à Cannes Un beau matin [+see also:
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film profile] de Mia Hansen-Løve (vendu dans 70 pays – sortie France le 6 octobre), Don Juan [+see also:
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interview: Serge Bozon
film profile] de Serge Bozon (actuellement à l’affiche), Les Années Super 8 [+see also:
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interview: Annie Ernaux and David Erna…
film profile] d’Annie Ernaux et David Ernaux-Biot (sortie le 14 décembre) et leur coproduction Les Harkis [+see also:
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interview: Philippe Faucon
film profile] de Philippe Faucon (sortie le 12 octobre). Arriveront aussi en salles le 20 juillet La Petite Bande de Pierre Salvadori (lire l’article) et le 12 octobre Winter Boy de Christophe Honoré, le tout sans oublier Anatomie d’une chute [+see also:
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interview: Justine Triet
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(Translated from French)