OSPROD Studios & ALMANO Films present
LONG TIME NO SEE a film by Pierre Filmon cast Laëtitia Eïdo Pierre Rochefort Ronald Guttman Estéban
France - 2021 - 74’ - SCOPE 2.39 - Dolby 5.1
IN FRENCH THEATERS MARCH, 24th 2021
Contact distributor Marc Haaz - OSPROD Studios - [email protected] - +33 684 625 615 Nine years ago, Marion and Grégoire shared a brief love affair. Now, by chance, they meet in a train station, in between two journeys. He is arriving, she is leaving. They have eighty minutes to re-evaluate their lives, and come face to face with their truths, regrets and memories. This is their last chance.
© Stéphane Els Pierre Filmon
Author, Director, Producer
After studying music, Pierre Filmon turned to cinema, starting with short films, selected in about fifty festivals.
He moves on to features with a documentary, chosen in 2016 in the Official Selection at Cannes, and then wrote, produced and directed a fiction, Long time no see.
A member of the Cinémathèque française and the ARP, Pierre now produces his own projects through his company Almano Films. He is currently finishing his fifth short film.
Filmography
1996 China Blues 1999 The Nuptials 2002 First came the silence
2013 Dad is dead © Alain Mami 2016 Close encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond 2021 Long time no see 2021 Masque à maman © Laurent Bachet
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
The two main characters in Long Time No See had been the subject of a previous screenplay I wrote in the early 2000s. It was a love story, set in the then-present, at the seaside hospital of Berck-sur-Mer. The film was never produced, but now, nine years after their earlier brief episode, the two characters meet, by chance, at the Gare d'Austerlitz. Their encounter at this train station, in between two journeys, was ideal to set the immersive principle of long takes by submitting the characters to the urgency of living on edge.
I have found that strong moments' intensity are increased tenfold by the rarity of the event, and by the aura of the person and the little time available, as happened with Vilmos Zsigmond or John Travolta for example. I have never felt so alive as when I was running out of time. I would like the film to give that feeling. Life slips through their fingers. And the prospect of the train leaving forces them to accelerate more and more.
Laëtitia Eïdo, Pierre Rochefort, with Ronald Guttman and Estéban, have agreed to play the game of maximum risk. They have surpassed themselves and the intelligence of their performances overwhelms me with admiration, as well as that of the formidable flying film crew that has never wavered, galvanized by the challenge of uninterrupted takes where no one cheats. Even though everything was written with precision, the actors brought their personality and sensitivity to enhance every moment. Everyone was at the service of the film. Thank you to all of you.
Pierre Filmon Director of photography and active member of the A.F.C. since 2013, Olivier Chambon likes to work on fiction films as much as on documentaries. Over the last thirty years he has directed about twenty short films, forty documentaries and ten feature films including films by Orso Miret, Pierre-Olivier Mornas, Souad El-Bouhati and Thierry Jousse.
This is his third collaboration with Pierre Filmon. After having photographed the Hungarian sequence, he filmed several shots in Paris including some interviews, for "Close encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond" (Jerry Schatzberg and John Boorman). Olivier treated the uninterrupted takes of "Long Time No See" as if they were a documentary, as well as those of "Masque à Maman", Pierre's next short film.
For the past few years, Olivier has enjoyed continuing his collaboration on the films he photographs, also doing the color grading.
David Hadjadj acquired a classical training at the CNR of Marseille with Pierre Barbizet, André Vaïsse, Jeannine Vieuxtemps... (piano, trombone, harmony, writing, conducting, etc).
He turned to writing jazz arrangements for Big Band and working on music with images (notably with Ivan Julien). Since 1999 he has been working on film music with directors such as Merzak Allouache, Delphine Gleize, Philippe Harel, Noami Kawase, Tonie Marshall, Emmanuel Mouret, Agnes Obadia and Pierre Salvadori.
He composes and creates arrangements for various artists such as Bazbaz, Chet, Daphne, Féfé, La Grande Sophie, Olivia Ruiz, Savatore Adamo, Tété…
He was awarded the prize for the best music at the XXX Mostra de Valencia 2009. Laëtitia Eïdo is an actress and an artist. With a French father and a Lebanese mother, her origins enable her to play different nationalities and in several languages. Laëtitia works both in France and on international productions. She is best known for her role as Dr. Shirin, one of the lead roles in the world famous Netflix series "Fauda", alongside the actor and creator of the series, Lior Raz.
She has recently made films under the direction of Terrence Malick for "The last planet", Yvan Attal for "Les choses humaines", Sameh Zoabi for "Tel Aviv on Fire", Isild Le Besco for "Connemara", Eran Riklis for "My Son", Shady Srour (leading female role in" Holy air" - Fipresci Prize) and Philippe Leguay for La menace.
She will appear alongside Thibault de Montalembert in Karim Ouaret's series for France 2 "L'absente ". Laëtitia has been distinguished four times as 'Best Actress' for her role in "Fauda" and for the role of the historical character Fadhma N'Soumer in Belkacem Hadjadj's feature film. She was part of the 'Talents' selection of the Berlin Film Festival in 2015 and has been a member of the Jury of prestigious festivals such as 'CanneSeries' in 2020, Jerusalem, Oran or Cannes for the 'Queer Palm'.
Pierre Rochefort studied theater at the Conservatory of the 7th arrondissement of Paris. He made his film debut in "Rapt" by Lucas Belvaux. In 2012, he appeared in two critically acclaimed films: "Farewell My Queen" by Benoît Jacquot and "38 Witnesses" by Lucas Belvaux. In 2014, Pierre Rochefort played the lead under the direction of Nicole Garcia in "Going Away". His performance earned him the Swann d'Or for Best Newcomer Male at the 2014 Cabourg Film Festival as well as a César nomination in the category of Best Male Newcomer in 2015.
The same year, he played the lead role, alongside Pio Marmaï, in Rémi Bezançon's film "Our Futures". In 2019, he appeared in "My Family and the Wolf", a Franco-Spanish film, with Carmen Maura and finally "Long Time No See" by Pierre Filmon, for which he received the Best Actor Award at the Girona Film Festival. At the same time, Pierre also works on stage in various projects.
Passionate about music, he works with different groups alternating between hip- hop and song. As a soloist, he released the album "Trente Trois Tours" in 2016 and "Brumance" in 2020, under the Homworkz label. © Manu Brulé Ronald Guttman is a theater, film and television actor, originally from Brussels and active in America and Europe
He was recently seen in the Amazon Prime "Hunters" series with Al Pacino. He will appear in the upcoming film "Sister of the Groom" with Alicia Silverstone. Other upcoming releases in 2021 include "Long Time No See", "The Duel" and "Godfather of Harlem" with Forest Whitaker. He was recently seen in "On the Basis of Sex", about the life and career of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and also on Netflix with Black Earth Rising.
He is also known for his roles in "Red October", "Greencard", "Avalon", "August Rush", "27 Dresses", "Danton" and many others. He has also appeared in numerous television series.
He has played in the theater in Albert Camus' The Fall, Second Stage, Circle in the Square, Long Wharf, The Mint, Bard SummerScape. In Paris, he worked with Nina Companeez on television (Deux Amies d'Enfance) and in the Theater with Francis Huster (Le Sablier / Théâtre Antoine).
CAST
Laëtitia Eïdo Marion
Pierre Rochefort Grégoire
Ronald Guttman Michel
Estéban Denis
Alexia Séféroglou Cashier Relay
Farid Cherchari Waiter Café Maure
CREDITS
Author/Director Pierre Filmon
Producers Almano Films Le Studio Orlando Prodigima Films Ronamic
DOP Olivier Chambon, A.F.C.
Editor Anouk Zivy
Original score David Hadjadj
First AD Michaël Berreby
Distributor France OSPROD Studios, F.N.E.F. Marc Haaz [email protected] +33 684 625 615
Visa N° 150250 No rating SELECTIONS & AWARDS FRANCE
- 12th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival - 6th La Baule Music and Film Festival - 23rd Festival les Oeillades in Albi - 3rd Festival Plurielles in Compiègne - 10th Valenciennes Film Festival - 3rd Festival Chef-Ops en lumière in Châlons-sur-Saône WORLDWIDE
- 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival in China - 42nd Moscow International Film Festival in Russia - 18th Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico - 4th Vilmos Zsigmond International Film Festival in Hungary - 3rd Orlando International Film Festival in the USA - 4th Lebanese Independent Film Festival in Lebanon - 4th Fimucite Film Festival in Tenerife - 32nd Girona Film Festival in Spain - 25th Stony Brook International Film Festival in the USA - 38th FAJR Teheran International Film Festival in Iran - 4th Ciudad del Este Film Festival in Paraguay - 2nd Buenos Aires Film Festival in Argentina - 6th Lift-Off Tokyo in Japan - 5th Austria International Film Festival in Austria - 51st International Film Festival IFFI GOA in India - 7th Rajasthan International Film Festival in India - 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival in India - 8th Aurangabad International Film Festival in India