FRENCH SCREENPLAY READINGS
French public readings - feature films |
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Screenplays (before production) are read by professional actors in front of an audience. |
| 23th, 24th, 26th and 27th of January - 14.15 - Le Quai, Forum des Arts Vivants - Free entrance |
Les Naufragés |
Dreaming of a better future, Léonard has left Cameroon to conquer Europe. But his journey goes wrong. Abandoned by his smugglers in the middle of the Sahara, he finds himself stuck at a border town, without any money. He meets Rose, a young woman from the Ivory Coast. She is stuck, and has turned to prostitution. She needs a protector. He is looking for a way out of the desert. In this harsh world where everyone steals from everyone else, Léonard and Rose cling to each other. Hey begin to journey together… For around ten years, Boris Lojkine is a philosopher and teaches at the Université d’Aix-en-Provence. Following his thesis, he went to Vietnam in 2001 to shoot Ceux qui restent, a documentary on Vietnamese veterans. He went on to film Les Ames errantes, which was released in 2007. He has worked as a consultant and participated in writing features. His first fiction, Les Naufragés, was awarded a CNC advance in 2011. The finance for the film is currently being established. |
Odyssea |
As part of a field study sociologist Serge Camara gets taken on as a shipyard worker during the construction of the liner Odyssea. He earns the trust of Dominika Vratsa, who oversees a group of Bulgarian welders, and moves into a room in the building they are living in. As he becomes immersed in this unknown world, getter closer to Dominika, Serge discovers the hidden face of the welders’ lives…
Pascal Deux started as an assistant director with François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, Samuel Fuller... In 1989, he wrote and directed Constance, and then in 1996 Soigneurs Dehors !, 2 shorts selected in many international festivals. In parallel he made about 80 commercials, which contributed to financing Noble Art, his first feature. This documentary was granted a CNC advance, and was released in theatres in 2004 before being broadcast on Canal+ several foreign channels in 2006. After studying philosophy Marion Doussot worked in independent records and publishing, before becoming a scriptwriter. In 2010 she finished the writing of Odyssea, with Pascal Deux and co-wrote Just Like a Woman by Rachid Bouchareb, and Gymkhana by Damien Odoul. Grégory Gadebois is a pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française, and has acted in plays by, among others, Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Molière and Edmond Rostand staged recently by Denis Podalydès. He has had a number of roles on television and in the cinema for Philippe Garrel, Jean-Michel Ribes and Joann Sfar. In 2010 he played the male lead in Angèle et Tony, which was opened Premiers Plans in 2011. He is currently in the play Cassé by Rémi de Vos. |
La Belle vie |
| Sylvain has been on the run throughout France with his father and brother. When Yves lost custody of his children, they didn’t hesitate, they followed him, going against their mother, the law, and those who are searching for them, wanting to stay with this father who is everything to them. But they have grown up and flight is over. This life has taken the dreams and joys of their age. When they have to flee again Pierre, the elder, takes an opportunity to disappear. Alone with his father, marooned on an island in the middle of the Loire, Sylvain meets Gilda, first girl, first love and first step on the way to a beautiful life, his own. Jean Denizot grew up in Sancerre, in the Berry. He studied cinema in Nantes, at the Lycée Guist’hau, then at the University of Paris 8, Saint-Denis. Member of the reviews La Voix du regard, and Tête-à-Tête, he runs the cine-club in Ville d’Avray and teaches cinema. He has made two shorts, Mouche, in 2006, and Je me souviens, in 2008, and is currently preparing the shoot of La Belle vie, his first feature produced by Mezzanine Films. After starting out at the Petit Théâtre de Bouvard, Muriel Robin met Pierre Palmade, with whom she wrote several shows. She has had several one woman shows and many roles on TV and in the cinema, including Saint-Jacques La Mecque, Musée haut Musée bas (A Day at the Museum), Le Bal des actrices (The Actress’ Ball) and On ne choisit pas sa famille (You Don’t Choose Your Family). She will soon be appearing in Le Paradis des bêtes which will be presented this year at Premiers Plans. Jonathan Zaccaï became known as an actor in Le Rôle de sa vie (The Role of Her Life), and continued with De battre mon cœur s’est arrêté (The Day My Heart Skipped), Les Yeux bandés, Elève Libre (Private Lessons), Simon Konianski and Si tu meurs je te tue. He made two shorts, and then JC comme Jésus Christ (Play It Like Godard), his first feature film, which will be released in February 2012. |
Le Silence des machines |
After years of hardship, single mother Sylvie is determined to get a permanent job in the luxury shoe factory that she is temping in. The problem is that there are rumours of redundancies and the workers are taking action… Sylvie will have to take sides: silence or struggle… |
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