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The first clapperboard slams for Olivier Assayas’ Personal Shopper

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- Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Nora von Waldstätten and Anders Danielsen Lie are among the cast of this CG Cinéma production that will be sold by MK2 at the AFM

The first clapperboard slams for Olivier Assayas’ Personal Shopper
Kristen Stewart and Olivier Assayas at Cannes 2014

Today will see the shooting of the first scenes for the 15th feature-length fiction film by Olivier Assayas, Personal Shopper [+see also:
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interview: Artemio Benki
interview: Olivier Assayas
film profile
]
. A regular at the major festivals (having been in competition at Cannesin 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2014 with Les destinées, Demonlover [+see also:
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, Clean [+see also:
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and Clouds of Sils Maria [+see also:
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interview: Charles Gillibert
interview: Olivier Assayas
film profile
]
; also present out of competition on the Croisette in 2010 with the mini-series Carlos [+see also:
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; winner of the Best Screenplay Award at Venice in 2012 with Something in the Air [+see also:
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interview: Olivier Assayas
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]
), for his new English-language film, the director is working once again with three actors who previously appeared in Clouds of Sils Maria, his most recent opus: US actress Kristen Stewart (world famous thanks to the Twilight franchise and winner of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2015 for Assayas’ movie), German actor Lars Eidinger (popular in such titles as Everyone Else [+see also:
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interview: Maren Ade
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]
and Sworn Virgin [+see also:
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Q&A: Laura Bispuri
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) and his fellow countrywoman Nora von Waldstätten (who shot to fame in 2009 in Gravity [+see also:
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and made a splash in productions like Carlos). They will be flanked by Norway’s Anders Danielsen Lie (winner of the Amanda Award for Best Actor in 2012 for Oslo, August 31st [+see also:
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interview: Joachim Trier
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, putting on an excellent performance recently in Fidelio: Alice’s Journey [+see also:
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interview: Lucie Borleteau
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]
and set to appear soon in This Summer Feeling [+see also:
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interview: Mikhaël Hers
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) and French actress Sigrid Bouaziz (who played a minor role in Eden [+see also:
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interview: Charles Gillibert
interview: Mia Hansen-Løve
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]
and followed that up with Portrait of the Artist [+see also:
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).

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Written by the director, the story centres on Maureen, a young American woman in Paris making her living as a personal shopper for Kyra, a celebrity. Maureen may also have the psychic ability to communicate with spirits, just like her twin brother, Lewis, who passed away recently. She soon starts receiving ambiguous messages coming from an unknown source...

Produced by Charles Gillibert for CG Cinéma, Personal Shopper is being co-produced by Arte France Cinéma, German outfit Detailfilm, Belgian company Scope Invest and Czech firm Sirena Film. Having also been pre-purchased by Canal+, the feature will be shot in Paris, Prague, London and Oman, with Yorick Le Saux (A Bigger Splash [+see also:
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interview: Luca Guadagnino
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, Clouds of Sils Maria, Only Lovers Left Alive [+see also:
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, Carlos, etc) serving as DoP. Distribution in France will be handled by Les Films du Losange, and international sales will be taken care of by MK2, with pre-sales officially being launched next week at the American Film Market (4-11 November).

CG Cinéma is certainly a rising star, as the Paris-based outfit has produced Clouds of Sils Maria, Eden [+see also:
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interview: Charles Gillibert
interview: Mia Hansen-Løve
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]
by Mia Hansen-Love and Mustang [+see also:
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interview: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
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by Deniz Gamze Ergüven (the French candidate for the upcoming Oscar for Best Foreign-language Film) one after the other. It currently has Rosalie Blum [+see also:
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 by Julien Rappeneau (produced with The Film – read the article), Lost in Paris [+see also:
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interview: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
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by Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel (read the article), and Things to Come by Mia Hansen-Love (toplined by Isabelle Huppert – read the news) in post-production.

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(Translated from French)

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