PRODUCTION / FUNDING France / Belgium
Shooting wraps on Martin Provost’s Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe
- Vincent Macaigne, Cécile de France, Anouk Grinberg, Stacy Martin, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet and André Marcon all star in the cast of this Les Films du Kiosque production
On 18 October, Martin Provost wrapped filming on Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe [+see also:
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interview: Martin Provost
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film profile] (awarded seven Césars in 2009, including the title for Best Film), The Midwife [+see also:
film review
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interview: Martin Provost
film profile] (screened out of competition in Berlin 2017) and How To Be A Good Wife [+see also:
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interview: Anamaria Vartolomei
film profile] (earning five César nominations in 2021, a trophy in the costumes category, and 632,000 admissions in France in 2020), to name just a few.
The cast is led by Vincent Macaigne (recently nominated for this year’s Best Actor César via A Night Doctor [+see also:
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interview: Elie Wajeman
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interview: Emmanuel Mouret
film profile] and in the series Irma Vep [+see also:
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interview: Olivier Assayas
series profile]) and Cécile de France (recently nominated for the Best Supporting Role César via Lost Illusions [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Giannoli
film profile], and hitting cinemas on 14 December in La passagère).
The pair are joined by Stacy Martin (recently well-received in Lovers [+see also:
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interview: Nicole Garcia
film profile]), Anouk Grinberg (crowned Best Actress in Berlin in 1996 and nominated for the Best Actress César in 1992, 1994 and 1997; currently touring cinemas in The Innocent [+see also:
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film profile]), Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet (at his best in Gloria Mundi [+see also:
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interview: Robert Guédiguian
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interview: Xavier Giannoli
film profile]).
Written by the director, the story revolves around Pierre Bonnard who wouldn’t be the well-known painter he is today if it weren’t for the enigmatic Marthe who features in more than a third of his works. Maria Boursin, alias Marthe de Méligny, was posing as a ruined Italian aristocrat on the day they fell madly in love with one another. Little did she know that she would soon become the mainstay of a gigantic body of work, which is now considered to be one of the most significant from the beginning of the 20th century.
Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe is produced by François Kraus and Denis Pineau-Valencienne on behalf of Les Films du Kiosque, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma, Volapuk and Belgium’s Umedia. The feature film is pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+ and France Télévisions, and also enjoys the support of the Sud region. Filming unfolded between 22 August and 18 October in Paris and La Valette, with Guillaume Schiffman heading up photography (nominated for the 2012 Oscar in his speciality via The Artist [+see also:
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interview: Michel Hazanavicius
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For the record, Les Films du Kiosque are currently overseeing post-production on Guillaume Nicloux’s La petite, as well as on Andréa Bescond and Éric Métayer’s Big Kids [+see also:
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film profile]. They’ll be releasing Nicolas Bedos’ Mascarade [+see also:
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interview: Nicolas Bedos
film profile] (discovered out of competition in Cannes) in French cinemas on 1 November, Julien Rambaldi’s The Nannies [+see also:
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film profile] on 16 November, and Laetitia Masson’s Summer Frost [+see also:
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film profile] on 23 March.
(Translated from French)
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