- Title: Dolan brings what he believes is his best film yet to the Cannes Film Festival
- Date: 19th May 2016
- Summary: CANNES FRANCE (MAY 19, 2016) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (French) ACTOR, VINCENT CASSEL, SAYING: "People can't seem to talk to each other. They talk about everything except for what is really important. So you have long scenes with jokes, they say unpleasant things. These people never quite manage to express what they feel. People who can't manage to say that they love that they love and miss each other. So it's a sort of permanent flow of words. And in the end what is interesting is not the words, even though it's a play, a bit like with (play writer Harold) Pinter, where you talk about everything but the essential. It's very interesting to play because it's only silence that counts." XAVIER DOLAN AND LEA SEYDOUX MARION COTILLARD, NATHALIE BAYE, PRODUCER NANCY GRANT (SOUNDBITE) (French) DIRECTOR, XAVIER DOLAN, SAYING: "When I started the film I thought we would have wide shots and then I realised we needed more (GESTURES SHOWING FACE), in my and his opinion. So we prepared to a degree but there is also a share of improvisation, the little room for improvisation while shooting. Actors have it and I have it too." VINCENT CASSEL, GASPARD ULLIEL, LEA SEYDOUX, (SOUNDBITE) (French) ACTOR, GASPARD ULLIEL, SAYING: "At the beginning it was fairly intimidating we had the impression of being filmed by a microscope, that everything we were doing would be emphasized. And as Marion said things then become self evident and we stopped thinking about that. And Xavier is confusing because he is very present, so he makes us repeat again and again. It is the first time I have seen a director on the set grab someone by the belt and drag him from one other of the set to the other. This experience was very physical, it was stunning." CAST MEMBERS STAND UP AT THE END OF THE MEDIA CONFERENCE TO LEAVE VINCENT CASSEL SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR FANS
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- Keywords: Marion Cotillard Juste La Fin Du Monde Vincent Cassel Gaspard Ulliel Director Xavier Doland Cannes Lea Seydoux Natalie Baye Nancy Grant
- Location: CANNES, FRANCE, AND VARIOUS UNIDENTIFIIED FILM LOCATIONS
- City: CANNES, FRANCE, AND VARIOUS UNIDENTIFIIED FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: France
- Topics: Film
- Reuters ID: LVA0034IH2CEL
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Canadian Xavier Dolan, who two years ago became the youngest director to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival, believes he is presenting his best film with "Juste la fin du monde" (It's Only the End of the World) on Thursday.
"We made a film which I'm very proud of. To me, it is my best film," the 27-year-old, who won the Jury Prize with "Mommy" in Cannes in 2014, told a news conference.
"That is something one should always think. How can you improve if don't deeply believe in the things you love."
In "Juste la fin du monde", Dolan tells the story of Louis, a man who comes back to his family a dozen years after leaving the nest, to tell them he is about to die.
Filmed with suffocating close-ups, the story is that of family members who are unable to communicate as Louis fails to spell out the reason of his comeback.
Starring French actors Nathalie Baye, Marion Cotillard, Gaspar Ulliel and Vincent Cassel, each of the four acts of the movie based on the play by Jean-Luc Lagarce is segmented with video music clips, giving an opportunity to Louis to break from the oppression of his family.
"People can't seem to talk to each other. They talk about everything except what's really important," said Cassel, who plays Louis's older brother.
"They crack jokes, they say unpleasant things except for what they really feel. They can't manage to say to each other that they love their family."
"When I started the film I thought it would be shot differently, then I realised we needed more close-ups of the faces," Dolan explained.
For Ulliel, the experience of working with Dolan was unforgettable.
"It was fairly intimidating, we had the impression we were filmed by a microscope," he said.
"It is the first time I see a director on the set grabbing someone by the belt and to put them on the other side of the set, it was very physical." - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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