It is Hiroyuki and the fifteenth feature film set to be a Japanese-French co-movie, tentatively titled "La Verite" ("The Truth"), and the cast list that has been announced includes Catherine Deneuve, Juliet Binoche, Ethan Hawke and Lu Devin Senier.
Hirokazu Kore-eda, who won the best picture at the 71st Cannes Film Festival with "The Thief Family", has already started a new film. The title of the Japanese-French co-movie "La Verite" means "real". They meet again, depicting their love-hate confession.
The story is about Catherine, a big-name French movie star who, when she publishes her memoir, her daughter Juliet, who had moved to America to avoid her, returned to France with her husband and young children, while Catherine was filming. A sci-fi film, playing a mother who never grows old. Because Catherine's personal assistant suddenly disappeared, her daughter had to become her personal assistant. In this way, the reunion between mother and daughter quickly turns into a confrontation, the truth is revealed, and both love and hate are confessed.
The French national treasure actress Catherine Deneuve plays a brilliant female star when she was young, but she still refuses to accept the old age, although she has retired to the second line of screenwriting. And Juliette Binoche played her daughter. The daughter's husband is played by Ethan Hawke, while another actress who co-starred with her mother in the sci-fi movie is Ludwin Senier. In the film, the mother uses the publication of her autobiography as an opportunity to meet her long-separated daughter again. The names of the other actors in the film have not been released.
Filming will start in early October this year and end in early December. It will take about eight weeks to complete the filming and is expected to be released in 2019.
Origin of creation:
According to an interview with a film magazine, the film is based on a stage play "Cloak" written by Hirokazu Koreeda 15 years ago, and that stage play was trying to make a similar Hollywood "Sunset Boulevard", "Opening Night", "Golden" Carriage and other movies. At first, "performance" was the theme of the entire script, but this time, the theme of "La Verite" has changed. The focus of the film is whether the dispute between mother and daughter has been resolved, and how. "On the one hand, there is a mother who is a talented actor but doesn't care about her family at the same time, and on the other is a daughter who is jealous of her mother's acting talent but cannot join the same profession. This is a good story." Movie.
Skills that are good at training sub-servant actors disappear:
This interview was conducted in June. I have never given scripts to child actors before. Hirokazu Koreeda has the skills to teach children actors verbally. Teaching child actors in this film encountered a lot of obstacles. , "This time I also tried to use this technique in the audition, but what I said from the children's mouths was not what I taught them." "I found that I couldn't guide and teach children actors like in Japan. It bothered me a lot. I also asked Ethan Hawke, how he directed the performance from the child actors when he filmed Six Years Old and I became an adult. When I met such a child actor that baffled me so much When I have a problem, I am fortunate to have a strong partner like Ethan Hawke with me." Hirokazu-eda confessed.
Invite Ethan Hawke to reassure the director:
In addition, in addition to child actors, there will also be a large number of auditions for actors. "When they improvise, I don't understand very well." When shooting on set, you can communicate with Deneuve and Binoche on the spot, and you can also Guaranteed direction of guidance. He will continue to think about how to effectively move the scene as a "creature". He also revealed that he listened to Deneuve's comments on the script at the scene. The role of Ethan Hawke has been written in a version before, and it was a little fuller at Cannes. After winning the award, Ethan Hawke was directly invited to play this role. "After all, when he first won the award, it was difficult for him to refuse, right?" said Hirokazu Koeda with a smile. I was actually quite nervous before that, but after identifying Ethan Hawke, my anticipation outweighed the unease, maybe 7:3. "It would be great if I could play this person, all my wishes have come true, so what should I do? I will do my best!" "When inviting Ethan Hawke, let's make this movie together, even though it's a movie." A story set in France, but he didn't mind. It feels fresh every day. "
The actor also made relevant comments, and Deneuve said, "Let's make a movie together. This is a French stage. This is an excellent script full of charm, full of humor, but at the same time cruel and serious." Binoche said "I've been looking forward to this moment since I met the director 14 years ago. It's Director Zhi's sight, like a soft laser, that can reach our hearts." She likes the director's work very much. Hawke said: "The director's films are amazing. It is a very rare opportunity to be able to collaborate with a great director who is active on the stage now." Saigner said: "I have watched most of the works of director Hirokazu Kore-eda, and have been Keep communicating with him. The film will be shot in Paris, which is my dream."
The creator says:
Catherine Deneuve:
In recent years, I have watched several films directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. And I had the opportunity to meet the director in Paris, Tokyo, Cannes, etc. Although I expressed my admiration for the film to him, I never imagined that this would be the day we would make a film together. Making a movie together, set in France, is an excellent script that is charming, full of humor, but at the same time brutally serious. With the language barrier, my curiosity overwhelmed my fear, and of course I knew it was a real challenge, but I was even more looking forward to filming with director Hirokazu Yueda.
Juliette Binoche:
I am very much looking forward to the next time I will be working with Director Kazue. I've been waiting for this moment since we met 14 years ago. It is Director Zhi's sight, like a weak laser, penetrating our hearts.
Ethan Hawke:
I am very happy to see Director Hirokazu Koreeda again. The director's film is amazing. This is a rare opportunity to work with a great director who is active in the field. And it was in Paris and I was filming with Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, and it was a fantastic story. It really was a one-of-a-kind experience for an American actor.
Lourdes Vincenier:
The first time I met Director Kazu-eda was at the Cannes Film Festival, when the great film "Like Father Like Son" was released. Since then, I have watched most of the works of Director Hirokazu Koeda, and have been interacting with each other all the time. . This time the shoot was in Paris and it was my dream! I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that I was going to be part of this production. I am proud to be working on this film together and have the privilege of being part of Hiro-EDa and the French Dream.
It's Hirokazu-eda:
What kind of existence is the so-called actor? When he is playing a role, when he is crying with his acting skills, when he is laughing, where is the existence and emotion of the actor himself? It is the script that started from such a simple question.
About 15 years ago, under the name of "Cloak", I started writing a script for a story that takes place backstage on a stage, but unfortunately, I was unable to complete the script at that time.
In 2011, when Juliet Binoche, who had been in a relationship before, came to Japan, we chatted very happily, and she said, "We must make a movie together in the future."
Under such a plan, the script that was sleeping in the drawer surfaced again, so let's rewrite the script on the stage of France. And in the further writing of the script, there is a story between a great actress and her daughter who can't work in acting.
When my work was released in France, I had the privilege of meeting Catherine Deneuve. For me, she was my French film icon, an icon in French film. This time I finally made a film in France, so I decided to invite her. About the movie, about appearing in this script, I had repeated communication and exchanges with Deneuve, and now I am writing this script.
This time, directing a film across language and cultural barriers was a very exciting challenge for me. But I want to face the "real actors" head-on.
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