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Eternité by Tran Anh Hung in the starting blocks

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- In March, the first clapperboard will slam for the film toplined by Audrey Tautou, Bérénice Bejo and Mélanie Laurent; it is produced by Nord-Ouest Films and sold by Pathé

Eternité by Tran Anh Hung in the starting blocks
Director Tran Anh Hung

On 16 March, the shoot will kick off for the sixth feature film by Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung: the Franco-Belgian co-production Eternité [+see also:
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. Having risen to fame with The Scent of Green Papaya (winner of the Caméra d'Or at Cannes in 1993 and the César Award for Best Debut Film in 1994), the Vietnamese filmmaker then went on to make Cyclo (winner of the Golden Lion at Venice in 1995), The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000), I Come with the Rain (2011) and Norwegian Wood (in competition at Venice in 2010). For his new opus, which sees him reunite with producer Christophe Rossignon (who staged the director’s first three features), he has assembled a cast that includes Audrey Tautou (winner of the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for Amélie [+see also:
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, nominated in 2005 for A Very Long Engagement and in 2010 for Coco Before Chanel [+see also:
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), Bérénice Bejo (nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and winner of the César Award for Best Actress in 2012 for The Artist [+see also:
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, winner of the Best Actress Award at Cannes in 2013 for The Past [+see also:
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) and Mélanie Laurent (a European Film Promotion Shooting Star in 2007 and winner of the César Award for Most Promising Actress the same year for Don’t Worry, I’m Fine [+see also:
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, also making an appearance in such films as Inglourious Basterds [+see also:
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, The Round Up [+see also:
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, Aloft [+see also:
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and Enemy [+see also:
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) in the lead roles.

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Written by Tran Anh Hung and based on the novel L'élégance des veuves by Alice Ferney, the story begins at the end of the 19th century, as 20-year-old Valentine is getting married to Jules. At the end of the following century, his great-granddaughter is running across a bridge and ends up in the arms of the man she loves. In between these two moments, various men and women meet, fall in love and embrace during an entire century, thus fulfilling romantic destinies, and sow the seeds of a family tree, an eternity...

Produced by Christophe Rossignon and Philip Boëffard for Nord-Ouest Films, Eternité is co-produced by Pathé (which will be in charge of distribution in France and international sales), Belgian outfit Artemis Productions, France 2 Cinéma and MC Guff Ligne. Having been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature is also backed by the Poitou-Charentes region, Eurimages, Bruxellimages and Wallimages. The shoot will take place in France (Paris, the Paris region and the Poitou-Charentes region) as well as in Belgium.

Nord Ouest Films is currently experiencing something of a boom period. Hoping to make the most of the 2015 Césars ceremony in a week’s time with Love at First Fight [+see also:
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by Thomas Cailley (nine nominations), this Wednesday the Paris-based company successfully launched the thriller The Clearstream Affair [+see also:
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by Vincent Garenq (read the article) in theatres and yesterday kicked off the shoot for In the Forests of Siberia [+see also:
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 by Safy Nebbou (read the article). Nord-Ouest also has three films in post-production: Ce sentiment de l'été [+see also:
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by Mikhaël Hers (read the article), Le combat ordinaire [+see also:
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by Laurent Tuel (read the article) and En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît [+see also:
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 by Christian Carion (read the article).

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(Translated from French)

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