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SUITE FRANCAISE : CASTING NEWS
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According to Deadline, Actor Sam Riley has joined the cast of Suite Francaise, he will play the role of Bruno, a french soldier. The filming will begun next week on June 24 in Belgium, michelle is on the filming place for the pre production, she was spotted yesterday in Bruxelles.
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Riley has joined the cast of the World War II drama. Suite Française also features Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts and Kristin Scott Thomas with Saul Dibb directing. Riley will play the role of French soldier Benoit in the film based on Irene Nemirovsky’s novel about a young woman in Nazi-occupied France who ends up falling in love with a German officer. Dibb adapted the story with Matt Charman. The Weinstein Company, TF1 DA and eOne have partnered on the project with TWC handling U.S. rights, along with distribution rights in Latin America, Australia, Russia and Germany. Suite Française is scheduled to start shooting in Belgium and Paris later this summer. Riley, who played Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in 2007’s Control, was most recently was seen in Walter Salles-directed On The Road. He will also be starring alongside Angelina Jolie in the upcoming Maleficent as well as in Neil Jordan’s Byzantium. Riley is repped by WME, having signed with them in April. He continues to be repped by Tavistock Wood in the UK.
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SUITE FRANCAISE : IMAGES AND DIRECTOR’S NOTES
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On the page of the French Distributor of the movie ( TF1 INTERNATIONAL ) i found new informations, the director Saul Dibb talked about the movie in July 2012 and the distributor has some posters that i have added to the gallery.
  
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES :
Suite Francaise is a bold, ambitious novel – an epic tale of war from the civilians’ point of view. It’s also, of course, a book that was left tragically unfinished.
I’ve chosen to focus my adaptation on the relationships between French women and the German soldiers who’ve come to occupy their village – in particular the forbidden love story of Lucile, the seemingly ‘good’ French wife, and Bruno, a cultured German officer who nevertheless believes in the cause he’s fighting for. This tension sits amid other controversial conflicts – over class and collaboration – with townsfolk turning against each other, widespread distrust and denunciations.
I also chose to book-end the film with the story of the novel’s discovery – how the original manuscript was kept by Irene’s daughter for sixty years until she finally found the strength to read it. To me, it’s very much part of the emotional power of the novel as a whole and mirrors a crucial theme: just as Denise didn’t want to read her mother’s writings and face the painful truths of the past, so too have the French found it hard to look back at the realities of life under occupation. And for both, the end is not defeat but survival and redemption.
Irene was writing with events unfolding around her and in the making of the film I want to capture this strong sense of immediacy and authenticity. The action should feel that it’s happening now – urgent, tense, spontaneous, made with no benefit of hindsight – like we’ve discovered a time capsule. And very far from a safe, stuffy period piece.
The film’s look will also set extreme emotional intimacy against grand cinematic scale, contrasting the closeness of living with the enemy in the very next room with the magnitude of what’s going on outside. So while the love story should feel intense and powerful, the visual impact of the exodus, for instance, is visceral, dynamic, dangerous and at times shocking.
Irene intended to build a structure for her novel around maximum variety of rhythm between the parts, like a symphony (hence her title). I love the ambition of this idea and have applied it in designing the structure of the film – so as each act progresses, it does so with its own distinct pace and tone, defying expectation at each turn.
So the beginning will be fast, lively and dramatic, full of adrenaline, energy and action as Lucile sees polite society disintegrating around her. The middle section is more lyrical and romantic, imbued with a heavy sense of sexuality as a town of young women is swamped by a virile army of fit young men over a hot summer – and forbidden love beckons. The last part gives way to tension and tragedy as the initially benign German occupiers turn on the village, and Lucile and Bruno have to choose which side they’re really on.
The role of music in this film is crucial and I want it to work on two levels. The first is the score – subtle and atmospheric.
The second is Bruno’s on-going composition. This works as a kind of score within a score and – in direct contrast to the first – is naturally much more consciously ‘musical’ in nature. I intend to have Bruno’s piece created by the composer before we shoot and then played by Bruno throughout the film as a developing theme. Not only will this be an integrated part of the story but it also carries the emotional weight of the closing scenes, finally reappearing for the end credits in full, cathartic orchestral form.
In short, Suite Francaise is a film I’m passionate to make. It’s at once a complex exploration of how people behave under the enormous pressure of occupation – and simply a powerful story of two misfits who unexpectedly find each other only to realise they’re unable to detach themselves from the massive events going on around them.
Saul Dibb, July 2012
SYNOPSIS :
The modern day. Over fifty years after Irene Nemirovsky’s death in a concentration camp, her daughter musters the courage to read her journals. And discovers an incredible story…
France, 1940. Awaiting news from her husband, a prisoner of war, beautiful Lucile Angellier leads a stifled existence with her mean, controlling mother-in-law. But soon, Parisian refugees pour into their small town, followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers’ homes.
As the occupation takes hold, the established hierarchy of the village community breaks down into jealousy, treachery, denunciation and fragile pockets of resistance.
In the Angellier home, Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But after learning that her husband’s betrayed her, she opens up to him, embracing their shared love of music.
Despite the harsh dangers of “fraternizing with the enemy”, Lucile and Bruno’s passion intensifies. Until a German soldier is shot by a local man – and they’re finally forced to take sides.
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GALLERY
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I have added new pictures in the gallery, from the filming of The Hottest State, candids, and public appearances from 1999 to 2010, very rare pictures.
   
   
   
   
   
Candid Appearances > 2010 >MICHELLE get her hair done at BUMBLE and BUMBLE – December 02, 2010
Public Appearances > 2009 >2009 Fresh Air Fund Salute To American Heroes (Tavern On The Green,June 4, 2009)
Candid Appearances > 2009 >Michelle braves the cold with Matilda – December 15, 2009
Movies Productions > The Hottest State >On the set of The Hottest State – February 26, 2006
Public Appearances > 1999>51st Annual Emmy Awards – September 12, 1999 in Los Angeles
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SUITE FRANCAISE : CASTING
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The movie Suite francaise will start shooting on June 24 to August 27, they are currently looking for 2000 extras, it’s for the filming in belgium, not in france, but if you are interested you can go on the site http://casting7.com where you will find some adverts for others casting informations related to the movie.
Dans le cadre du tournage du prochain film de Saul Dibb qui se tournera en Belgique - principalement dans les provinces du Hainaut, du Brabant Wallon et du Luxembourg - du 24 juin au 27 août, Casting7 est à la recherche de près de 2000 figurants.
Les têtes d’affiche seront Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas et Matthias Schoenaerts.
Le nouveau film de Saul Dibb, Suite Française, est une adaptation du roman du même nom écrit par Irène Némirovsky, peu de temps avant son arrestation et sa mort en 1942. On y découvrira le personnage principal Lucille Angelier (Michelle Williams), s’éprendre d’un jeune commandant allemand, Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenarts).
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Comme lors de sa précédente reconstitution historique The Duchess, le réalisateur anglais collaborera avec le chef costumier Michael O’Connor dont le travail sur ce film s’était vu récompenser par l’Oscar de la meilleure création de costumes.
Pour ce film d’époque, Casting7 recherche environ 2000 figurants et silhouettes de tout âge. Ces derniers endosseront les costumes de soldats allemands ou français, de fermiers et paysans, de villageois, de notables ou encore de personnel de maison.
Les candidats-figurants et silhouettes sont invités à s’inscrire sur Casting7.com afin de pouvoir participer à ce tournage. Casting7 est une base de données entièrement gratuite pour les figurants et les comédiens. L’utilisation de ce registre permet de sélectionner les profils adéquats pour leur proposer de participer à des productions audiovisuelles.
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SUITE FRANCAISE : NEW INFORMATIONS
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The producer Christine Raspillere talked about the shooting of the movie to kftv.com, the movie will shoot in france during only eight days, i hope we will have on set pictures.
A stellar cast including Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts and Kristin Scott Thomas is in place for the forthcoming movie adaptation of Suite Francaise.
The feature is based on the works by Irène Némirovsky, set during the years 1940 to 1941. The novellas chronicle the connecting lives of a group of disparate Parisians as they fled the city for the countryside, preceding the German advance.
The line producer on the project is Christine Raspillere, who tells us that filming will take place from late June to late August, with eight weeks’ shooting in Brussels and eight days in France.
UK-based Qwerty Films are behind Suite Francaise, with Michael Kuhn, Andrea Cornwell and David Parfitt producing. Saul Dibb directs.
Also roadshow will distribute the movie in Australia
Via its output deal with The Weinstein Company, Roadshow will distribute Suite Française, a 1940s-set drama about a young woman who lives with her controlling mother-in-law in Nazi-occupied France and ends up falling for a German officer. Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts and Kristin Scott Thomas are set to star, with Saul Dibb (The Duchess) directing.
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TEEN CHOICE AWARDS
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Michelle is nominated to the Teen Choice Awards for her performance in Oz, The Great And Powerful alongside her co-star Mila Kunis in the category Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, James Franco is nominated in the category Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy and the movie in the category Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy. The 2013 Teen Choice Awards is set to air on Sunday, Aug. 11, 8-10:00 p.m. ET, on Fox. You can vote for Michelle on the Teen Choice Awards website
Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
“Beautiful Creatures”
“Iron Man 3″
“Oblivion”
“Oz the Great and Powerful”
“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2″
Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Tom Cruise, “Oblivion”
Robert Downey, Jr., “Iron Man 3″
James Franco, “Oz the Great and Powerful”
Taylor Lautner, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2″
Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2″
Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Mila Kunis, “Oz the Great and Powerful”
Gwyneth Paltrow, “Iron Man 3″
Saoirse Ronan, “The Host”
Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2″
Michelle Williams, “Oz the Great and Powerful”
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‘Irene Nemirovsky thrilled the world when they discovered her novel’
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More information about Suite Francaise, the $19.5 million picture will be produced and distributed by The Weinstein Compagny,
The Weinstein Company has acquired U.S. rights to Saul Dibb’s WWII drama “Suite Francaise,” which will star Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts and Kristin Scott Thomas.
TF1 Droits Audiovisuels and Entertainment One are producing the film, which is based on the bestselling work of Irene Nemirovsky and starts shooting June 24 in Belgium and Paris.
Set in 1940s France, story follows Lucile Angellier (Williams), who leads a stifled existence with her mean, controlling mother-in-law (Thomas). Parisian refugees soon pour into their small town, followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers’ homes. In the Angellier home, Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
“Suite Française” is a France/UK/Belgium co-production that TF1 will release in France, while eOne will handle direct distribution in the UK, Spain and Canada. Sales agent TF1 International is in advanced negotiations for other outstanding territories that will be announced later at Cannes.
Xavier Marchand will produce on behalf of eOne with Romain Brémond producing on behalf of TF1 DA. The film is also being produced by Qwerty Films’ Michael Kuhn and Andrea Cornwell. Harvey Weinstein will serve as an executive producer, as the Weinstein Co. will also handle distribution rights in Latin America, Australia, Russia and Germany.
“Irene Nemirovsky thrilled the world when they discovered her novel,” said Weinstein. “Having worked with Michelle Williams on a number of films including ‘Blue Valentine’ and ‘My Week With Marilyn,’ I am excited to partner with her once more. I enjoyed working with Xavier Marchand on ‘The King’s Speech’ and Saul Dibb wrote an exceptional script and I am sure he’ll direct a brilliant film.”
“This inspired project has drawn a very talented team of partners together,” added Marchand. “Harvey brings an unparalleled savoir-faire and we’re absolutely delighted to join forces with The Weinstein Company on ‘Suite Francaise.’”
Fifty years after her death in a concentration camp, Nemirovsky’s unfinished novel, “Suite Francaise,” was discovered by her daughter. TF1 DA acquired right to the book in 2007 from Denoel Editions and the novel has since been adapted for the screen by “The Duchess” director Dibb and co-writer Matt Charman.
Source : The Wrap
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