Country: France
Year: 2026
Duration: 195'
Jean and Otto, a French journalist and a young German Francophile, fight for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, embarks on a brilliant career as a film actress. But war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends play a leading role in this new France. Jean assumes the importance of a major press magnate, ardent supporter of collaboration, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris. Corinne, however, finds herself thrown into the lions’ den…
Biography
film director
Xavier Giannoli
Xavier Giannoli (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; 1972) graduated with a degree in Modern Literature from the Sorbonne in 1993. He had worked as director's assistant on numerous films, videoclips and commercials before filming L'Interview - which won the Golden Palm for short films at the Festival of Cannes in 1998. He has directed three other shorts: Terre Sainte (Grand Prix at the Festival de Cognac, 1995), Dialogue au Sommet (the prize for quality by the CNC and a Césars nomination in 1997), J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites (the prize for quality by the CNC and the prize for best screenplay at the British Film Festival, 1996). He has just finished writing the screenplay for Sans Titre, his first full-length film.
FILMOGRAFIA
Terre Sainte (cm, 1995), Dialogue au Sommet (cm, 1996), J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites (cm, 1997), L'Interview (cm, 1998).
Declaration
film director
“For me, making a film also means capturing what has not yet been shown. I have always believed that cinema should be an adventure: taking risks and offering the viewer a unique experience on a controversial subject. The period of collaboration remains, after all, rather under-explored in French cinema. Whilst working on this film, I carried out extensive research, because I knew I would not have been forgiven for any historical inaccuracies. One day, whilst discussing this with the historian Pascal Ory, he replied: ‘They won’t forgive you even if you tell the truth.’ That remark struck me deeply. Ultimately, this film is also about what fascinates me the most: human complexity.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Xavier Giannoli. SCREENPLAY: Jacques Fieschi, Xavier Giannoli, Yves Stavrides. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Christophe Beaucarne. EDITING: Mike Fromentin, Cyril Nakache. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Riton Dupire-Clément. COSTUMES: Pascaline Chavanne. MUSIC: Guillaume Roussel. SOUND: Cyril Moisson. CAST: Jean Dujardin, Nastya Golubeva Carax, August Diehl, Vincent Colombe, André Marcon, Maria Cavalier-Bazan, Anna Próchniak, Jean Pierre Horcholle. PRODUCTION: Olivier Delbosc, Sidonie Dumas, Patrick Godeau for Curiosa Films, Waiting for Cinema, Gaumont. CONTACTS: I Wonder Pictures - https://iwonderpictures.com/.