Lovers
Les Amoureux
Catherine Corsini
© CHAZ Productions
After years away, spent getting up to all sorts of mischief, Viviane is back in Montherné, the small town in the Ardennes where her parents and her younger half-brother, Marc, live. As he spends time with this older sister, who he has idealised during her long absence, the fifteen-year-old schoolboy is set to learn the hard way what independence means and discover how to stand on his own two feet.
Cast : Nathalie Richard, Pascal Cervo, Olaf Lubaszenko, Loïc Maquin, Xavier Beauvois, Jean-Paul Dermont, Clovis Cornillac
Scenario: Catherine Corsini, Pascale Breton, Arlette Langmann
Cinematography: Ivan Kozelka
Sound: Laurent Poirier
Editing: Agnès Guillemot
Scenario: Catherine Corsini, Pascale Breton, Arlette Langmann
Cinematography: Ivan Kozelka
Sound: Laurent Poirier
Editing: Agnès Guillemot
Production : Rézo Films, M6 Film
Distribution : Pyramide
Distribution : Pyramide
For Les Amoureux (Lovers), on the other hand, I worked in total confidence with the cast, particularly Nathalie Richard and Pascal Cervo. The film arose from the fact that Nathalie and I wanted to work together again after Interdit d’amour, the TV film I had directed in the meantime. The producers didn’t agree; they imagined the character of Viviane to be more attractive, but I was absolutely set on her. I’ll remember for the rest of my life the first scene I shot with her for Interdit d’amour: I told myself that, with an actress like her, I couldn’t go wrong. And the positive reception the TV film received gave me the confidence to embark on a personal project. I was no longer alone, which is essential after a setback."" (Interview with Catherine Corsini; lemonde.fr)