François Ozon

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Francois Ozon's New Film 'Je Suis Femme' Gearing Up With Romain Duris To Star
via The Playlist

Francois Ozon's "Young and Beautiful" screened at TIFF this week (we reviewed it when it premiered at Cannes), its first appearance on this side of the Atlantic: but the hardest working man in whatever-the-French-is-for-Hollywood is just days away from starting his next shoot, in keeping with his (roughly) movie-a-year schedule.

Close as it may be to shooting, we nevertheless know next to nothing about "Je suis femme." We know who's in it—Romain Duris, arguably the best French actor of the moment ("The Beat That My Heart Skipped," "The Big Picture," various terrible rom-coms which unfortunately seem to be the only films of his that get a release outside France), backed up by Raphael Personnaz ("Anna Karenina") and the excellent Anais Demoustier ("Time of the Wolf," "Therese Desqueyroux").

So, it's a good cast, but it's still next to impossible to tell what the film's going to be about, given the cryptic title and Ozon's immensely varied back catalog, which includes campy musicals like "8 Women," overlooked English-language melodrama ("Angel"), and tougher stuff about teenaged sexuality, into which category fall films like "Swimming Pool" and the aforementioned "Young and Beautiful." It has to be said that the quality of Ozon's work can vary as much as the content, too, but with a cast like this, "Je suis femme" seems hopeful.

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Toronto: François Ozon's 'The New Girlfriend' Goes To Cohen Media Group
via Deadline



After making its world premiere in Toronto, François Ozon's The New Girlfriend has inked U.S. distribution with Cohen Media Group. The Hitchcockian romance is adapted from the story by British suspense writer Ruth Rendell about Claire (Anaïs Demoustier), who discovers a surprising secret about her late best friend's husband (Romain Duris) that tests the boundaries of sexual and gender identity. French company Mandarin Cinema produced the pic from the prolific Ozon (In The House, Swimming Pool, Under The Sand). CMG EVP John Kochman and Films Distribution co-founder Nicolas Brigaud Robert negotiated the deal. The New Girlfriend won the Sebastian 2014 Award last week at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it screened in competition.

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François Ozon To Direct 'Double Lover' Next
via The Playlist

The French filmmaker has been working steadily, releasing nearly a film each year, since his debut "Sitcom" eighteen years ago. And with his latest "Frantz" barely off the festival circuit, Ozon is gearing up to go behind the camera again.

Cineuropa reveals he'll next be directing "Double Lover." Dardennes Brothers regular Jeremie Renier ("The Unknown Girl," "St. Laurent," "The Kid With A Bike") and Marine Vacth ("Young & Beautiful") will star in the story that follows the relationship that develops between a depressed young woman and her therapist, but changes after they move into together, and she discovers a secret from his past.

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Five of Ozon's early shorts were restored and released back in October. They're available digitally on Amazon



Really love his enigmatic, nearly feature-length See the Sea (1997), included in this collection. This review gets it very right.


Sasha, a young British woman, is living with her baby daughter at Ile d'Yeu, a peaceful beach community. A stranger appears. Her name is Tatiana, she's passing through, and pitches her tent in Sasha's yard. The two women build an odd rapport, and tension builds as events unfold.