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French- Algerian actor-director Salim Kechiouche has revealed his next film Wolf Dreams will start shooting in Algeria in early 2025.

The film is an adaptation of Yasmina’s Khadra’s novel of the same name about the journey of a young actor who, deprived of his dreams, ends up joining an extremist group in 1990s Algeria.

It is produced by France’s Thelma Films and La Furie de la Lune with Algeria’s 2Horloges Productions, which notably co-produced The King of Algiers that premiered in Cannes last year.

It marks Kechiouche’s follow up to 2023 debut feature L’Enfant Du Paradis in which he also starred.

Netflix/ITV’s hit thriller “Marcella” is set for a French adaptation produced by Elephant and commissioned by TF1. The deal was made by Cineflix Rights which has exclusive worldwide rights to the new series.

Hans Rosenfeldt’s “Marcella” was produced by Buccaneer Media and stars Anna Friel who won an International Emmy Award for her role in the series. Season 3 of “Marcella” is currently available on Netflix and will premiere on ITV in the U.K. the fall.

“Rebecca,” the French adaptation of “Marcella,” will be directed by Didier Le Pêcheur (“Innocents”), and was co-written by Le Pêcheur and Delphine Labouret (“Innocents”). The eight-part series is being produced by Elephant (Gaëlle Cholet and Sandra Ouaiss), and begins shooting this month around Paris.

The paranoid thriller will be headlined by Anne Marivin (“Ce soir je vais tuer l’assassin de mon fils”) in the titular role. Six years after abandoning...

For the few years I have known his cinema, Abdellatif Kechiche has had a formidable ability to provoke fiery conversations within the industry and the audience equally. His contentious relationship with actors, and actresses especially, has been a hot topic for quite some time and catalyzed by the success of his Palme d’Or-winning Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013). Less publicized, especially abroad, problems with his producers probably led his follow-up, Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (2017) to a different path, initially expected to premiere at Cannes two years ago but ending up in Venice. The whole situation yet reveals an aura of struggle and conflict that could explain the unique nature of Kechiche’s new film, Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo.Since its premiere, I profoundly loathed Blue Is the Warmest Color for various reasons, ranging from its cliché social dichotomy and the lack of research and respect of the city...

No filmmaker has ever loved anything as much as Abdellatif Kechiche loves butts.

Bringing up the rear of this year’s Cannes lineup in more ways than one, Kechiche’s “Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo” — an oft-threatened but completely unsolicited sequel to his 2017 bomb, “Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno” — devotes about 60% of its runtime to extreme close-ups of jiggling female derrieres. And while that horrifyingly unexaggerated statistic may sound like a bit of a red flag to begin with, it only gets worse when you consider that “Intermezzo” is the same length as “Lawrence of Arabia”.

Of course, none of this is much of a surprise. Not anymore. As shocking as it was when Kechiche celebrated his 2013 Palme d’Or win by pivoting to posteriors, “Canto Uno” made it irrevocably clear the filmmaker has no regrets for the wanton fetishization of nubile flesh that separated “Blue Is the Warmest Color” from his earlier,...

A simple but somehow atypical shot opens Abdellatif Kechiche’s new film: a serene closeup of a young woman’s face, as seen through the camera lens of Amir, a budding photographer still finding his perspective. Her expression is ambiguously tranquil, her long hair lightly rustled by a humid breeze, all softly lit by a sinking afternoon sun. It’s exquisite, the shot as much as the face, and anyone who has seen Kechiche’s last film will wonder how long the director can hold it there. But then there’s movement, and the camera gently drops and twists to close in on a different area, lower, a little lower, and yep, there it is — her toned, unblemished derrière. Welcome to the world of “Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo,” where, with apologies to Samuel Beckett, form is content and content is form: the female form, that is, and its lower half in particular.

Cannes 2019 will be having it’s own Blue Is the Warmest Color reunion or … face-off as Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and now Abdellatif Kechiche will all be featured in the competition. As we had underlined last week, Kechiche was down to the wire (or on the outs) with Mektoub My Love: Intermezzo, so we now find Seydoux in Arnaud Desplechin’s Oh Mercy!, Exarchopoulos in Justine Triet’s Sibyl and a rare “sequel” in contention for the Palme d’Or. Also part of the extended Kechiche family, this second film sees the filmmakers once again work with actors Salim Kechiouche and Hafsia Herzi (she is showcasing her directorial debut in the Critic’s Week section).…...

The suspense is over: Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” will indeed have its world premiere and compete at the Cannes Film Festival, the fest announced Thursday.

“Intermezzo” from Abdellatif Kechiche, the Palme d’Or-winning director of “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” has also been added to the competition slate.

The star-studded movie has been widely anticipated as a festival highlight but wasn’t included in Cannes’ official selection announcement on April 18. Artistic director Thierry Fremaux told journalists several times that day that he hoped for post-production on Tarantino’s film to be completed in time for the film to be shown at the festival. Fremaux said Tarantino was eager to be back at Cannes and was working hard to finish the film by May, which was a challenge because it was shot in 35mm, which takes longer to edit than digital film, and is slated for a July release.

It’s been five years since Abdellatif Kechiche pulled off the rare feat of winning the Palme d’Or in a unanimous jury vote for “Blue Is the Warmest Color.” In that time, the director’s lesbian coming-of-age romance has been hotly debated as both a milestone of queer cinema and an exploitative sex drama. Kechiche’s new film, ‘Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno,’ is bound to follow a similar path.

“Mektoub” follows a young screenwriter named Amin who travels from Paris to his hometown on the Mediterranean for the summer. He spends his days at beaches and in bars with childhood friends and his sexually-charged older cousin, Tom. Amin eventually meets a producer who offers to finance his first film, which presents the young man with numerous choices that could change his life. The cast includes newcomers like Shain Boumedine, Ophelie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, and Lou Luttiau.

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Faced with criticisms from some corners about the gaze employed on his young leads in “Blue Is The Warmest Color,” director Abdellatif Kechiche doubles down with his new film “Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno.” In fact, the trailer forgoes any dialogue and lets the camera dance around the characters who spend plenty of time making out and frolicking in their swimsuits.

Featuring a cast of mostly unknowns (Shaïn Boumedine, Ophélie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, Lou Luttiau, Alexia Chardard and Hafsia Herzi), the story follows a young screenwriter faced with a difficult choice between his lover and his career.

Though far from the best Abdellatif Kechiche movie, “Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno” is certainly the most Abdellatif Kechiche movie. Running just over three hours, the film is the first in a planned trilogy (number two is already finished; three has yet to be shot) that promises the definitive taxonomy of the “Blue is the Warmest Color” maestro at his best and worst. “Canto Uno” alone finds Kechiche returning to the themes and aesthetic approaches that have made him one of France’s most richly acclaimed contemporary voices, while at the same time seriously over-indulging in the leery excesses that place him among the country’s most controversial ones as well.

As in “The Secret of the Grain,” this latest film also about very specific Franco-Tunisian identity, but apart from two opening quotations explicitly designed to point out the similarities between the Koran and the New Testament, the director isn...

Four years after winning the Palme d’Or in a unanimous vote for “Blue is the Warmest Color,” Abdellatif Kechiche has finally returned with his new movie. “Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno” premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier today and, just like Kechiche’s previous feature, it’s already courting controversy over its graphic sex scenes and male gaze. First reactions online slam the film for objectifying its female characters, and even the reviews that somewhat enjoyed the director’s movie single out the camera’s male gaze as a serious problem.

And you thought Blue is the Warmest Color was ruined by male gaze… Mektoub My Love is Male Gaze: The Movie. It’s ridiculous.

— Alex Billington (@firstshowing) September 7, 2017

The exact 180 minute duration of ‘Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno’ is a piece of apolitical proof for the masturbatory arrogance of Kechiche

— Another Gaze (@anothergaze) September 7, 2017

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The long-awaited follow-up to French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche’s Cannes-winning Blue Is the Warmest Color is called Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno and is indeed, well, long. Clocking in at 186 minutes, this is an overly indulgent tale of insouciant summer dalliances between pretty youngsters set in 1994 Sete, the quiet Mediterranean coastal town that was also the backdrop for the director's The Secret of the Grain. Besides the always reliable Salim Kechiouche, who has been working in French cinema and theater since the mid-1990s, the cast is composed of fresh-faced, ready-for-anything newcomers who were no-doubt eager to work with the ...

The long-awaited follow-up to French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche’s Cannes-winning Blue Is the Warmest Color is called Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno and is indeed, well, long. Clocking in at 186 minutes, this is an overly indulgent tale of insouciant summer dalliances between pretty youngsters set in 1994 Sete, the quiet Mediterranean coastal town that was also the backdrop for the director's The Secret of the Grain. Besides the always reliable Salim Kechiouche, who has been working in French cinema and theater since the mid-1990s, the cast is composed of fresh-faced, ready-for-anything newcomers who were no-doubt eager to work with the ...

The long-awaited follow-up to French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche’s Cannes-winning Blue is the Warmest Color is called Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno and is indeed, well, long. Clocking in at 186 minutes, this is an overly indulgent tale of insouciant summer dalliances between pretty youngsters set in 1994 Sete, the quiet Mediterranean coastal town that was also the backdrop of his The Secret of the Grain. Besides the always reliable Salim Kechiouche, who has been working in French cinema and theater since the mid-1990s, the cast is composed of fresh-faced, ready-for-anything newcomers who were no-doubt eager to work with the director...

In the chaotic aftermath of the Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution, many fled their homeland braved hostile travel conditions in order to find refuge abroad. This is the premise of Raja Amari’s new film “Foreign Body,” which follows the young Samia (Sarra Hannachi) as she illegally arrives in France only to discover a new set of struggles. With no family or immigration papers, Samia reconnects with Imed (Salim Kechiouche), a young man from her past, and soon finds work in the employ of the elegant Leila (Hiam Abbass), but Samia finds herself caught in a web of sexual tension and class anxiety between the two of them. Watch an exclusive trailer for the film below and check out the poster as well.

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I, Daniel BlakeDear Danny,Has it already been a year since we last exchanged notes and opinions on the film festival circuit? Toronto in September is this movie lover’s favorite place and time, and, despite a literally damp start (out of the airport and right into an abrupt, monsoon-style downpour), the appetite for discovery remains as insatiable as ever. Tiff for me has always been an escape—not just from my very non-cinephile work but also from the limitations of the multiplex, where hackneyed would-be blockbuster follows hackneyed would-be blockbuster in a seldom interrupted procession of mediocrity. The range and variety of festivals function as heartening correctives, reminders, as a friend recently and succinctly put it in response to yet another cinema-is-dead pronouncement, that movies aren’t just Hollywood or just what can be seen right now. I’m often anxious as I enter Tiff, yet I always leave it in euphoria,...

Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing, Catherine Salée, Benjamin Siksou, Mona Walravens, Alma Jodorowsky | Written by Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalia Lacroix | Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche

Love is a complicated thing, it can also be destructive but for those fleeting moments when you are truly in love they can shape your life forever. Blue is the Warmest Colour is a film about love and a young woman’s discovery of herself, in both good ways and bad. Controversial to some it also features some intense performances, and sex scenes that almost seem to go too far. While I myself can understand the reason for this, some find it just a little too uncomfortable especially depending on who you are viewing it with.

When Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos) experiences love at first sight, she never expected it to be with another girl, a stranger on the street with blue hair. Trying...

Hollywood may be star-driven, but sometimes the best films are a team effort. With that in mind, let’s take a moment to salute 2013’s strongest, unsung ensemble movies, in which groups of exceptional actors came together to create rich worlds populated with three-dimensional characters. Many of these films feature standout individual performances, but they wouldn’t scale the heights they achieve without being complemented by choice supporting turns. “Blue Is the Warmest Color” While much has been made about the controversy surrounding “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” that noise shouldn’t drown out the greatness of the two women at the center of this Cannes-winning romantic stunner: Adèle Exarchopoulos (playing the young, uncertain Adèle) and Léa Seydoux (as the confident, focused artist Emma). But even those accolades ignore the film’s underrated supporting cast, who help flesh out but also complicate Adèle’s personal journey to self-reliance. Salim Kechiouche...

This is the Pure Movies review of Blue is the Warmest Colour, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche and Aurélien Recoing. With a film that has already been awarded the greatest accolade, there will always be intense curiosity. Human nature compels us to look for our own proof that acclaim is deserved: we don’t want to take the Cannes Jury’s word for it, we want to see for ourselves – is it really that good? Without question, Blue is the Warmest Colour is one of the greatest cinematic achievements of all time. It is an exquisitely expert piece intertwining all the elements of filmmaking so perfectly that it becomes a truly immersive experience.

Director: Abdellatif Kechiche; Screenwriters: Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalia Lacroix, Julie Maroh; Starring: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche; Running time: 179 mins; Certificate: 18

More than just a love story, this Palme d'Or winning French drama depicts a primal hunger - for love, sex and a sense of belonging.

Newcomer Adèle Exarchopoulos is simply stunning as the gauche teenager, also named Adèle, who just so happens to desire other girls and though much of the chatter around this film relates to a couple of prolonged sex scenes, Exarchopoulos carries a whopping three hours of screen time with seemingly natural intensity, devouring every frame.

It turns out this performance actually required a lot of concerted effort because the actress has since publicly accused director Abdellatif Kechiche of pushing her too far. Indeed, she is very young and in those intimate scenes, Kechiche's camera lays her bare (along with her co-star Léa Seydoux) with an almost clinical coldness.

Chicago – Deliberate and passionate relationships – with all the initial upbeat highs and subsequent heart-breaking lows – may never get as deep a treatment as the winner of the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or, the challenging and expressive “Blue is the Warmest Color.”

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Focusing on a same sex couple, Adéle and Emma, the film journeys through the development of their love and the breakdown that follows. There is something so poignant about their youth and discovery, when two people find those keys of freedom that unlock each other. There is graphic “Nc-17” sexual content in the film, but it’s never exploitative – depending on internal definitions – and it does exist to make a point about biological imperative and emotional connection. The more intended path regarding the duo’s pairing is about the feelings that intersect and conflict during their relationship, and it’s continuously fascinating throughout an important time in their development.

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“Blue is the Warmest Color” – a love story about two women – also stars Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing, Catherine Salée, Benjamin Siksou, Mona Walravens and Alma Jodorowsky from writer and director Abdellatif Kechiche and writer Ghalia Lacroix based on the comic by Julie Maroh. Note: You must be 17+ to attend this “Nc-17”-rated screening.

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Title: Blue is the Warmest Color (La vie d’Adèle, Chapitres 1 et 2) Sundance Selects Director: Abdellatif Kechiche Screenwriter: Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix, loosely adapted from the graphic novel “Blue Angel,” or “Le bleu est une couleur chaude” by Julie Maroh Cast: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Jérémie Laheurte, Catherine Salée, Aurélien Recoing, Mona Walravens, Fanny Maurin, Benjámin Siksou, Sandor Funtek Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 10/17/13 Opens: October 25, 2013 Let me take a stab at what you’re going to say as you leave this film. “In my next life, I want to be French.” As we can see by Abdellatif Kechiche’s latest film, the French enjoy the [ Read More ]

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Acclaimed French filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche’s latest, based on Julie Maroh’s graphic novel, was the sensation of this year’s Cannes Film Festival even before it was awarded the Palme d’Or. Adèle Exarchopoulos is a young woman whose longings and ecstasies and losses are charted across a span of several years. Léa Seydoux (Midnight in Paris) is the older woman who excites her desire and becomes the love of her life. Kechiche’s movie is, like the films of John Cassavetes, an epic of emotional transformation that pulses with gestures, embraces, furtive exchanges, and arias of joy and devastation. It is a profoundly moving hymn to both love and life. Director: Abdellatif Kechiche Cast: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Jérémie Laheurte Writers: Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalia Lacroix, Julie Maroh...

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Remember last year's Meryl Streep movie It's Complicated? It had nothing on The String, the new foreign-language film by writer-director Mehdi Ben Attia, just out on video.

Malik, a closeted 30-year-old man, is the product of a French mother and an Arabic Tunisian father. When his father dies, he returns from France to Tunisia, to live with his wealthy mother, who is eager to marry him off to a woman. But Malik immediately has his eye on Bilal, the hunky handyman who works for his mother.

But the Tunisia of the film is a homophobic, classist, and racist place, rife with government corruption. Is it even possible for a rich, mixed-race aristocrat to love another man, especially one from a "lower" class — even if that lover turns out to be a secret, self-educated artist who, unlike Malik, has long accepted that he's gay?

As a drama,...