This Saturday, June 10, on the occasion of the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, scenes from the film “Finally” were shot at the request of director Claude Lelouch, for his 51st film.
Claude Lelouch is back on the Sarthe circuit and no doubt to conclude a chapter of life dedicated to cinema.
With his production company Movies 13the 85-year-old director imagined a film with two actors he particularly likes.
Kad Merad is the main actor of “Finally”. Elsa Zylberstein also appears in the cast of Movies 13. During an interview with the British media varietyClaude Lelouch confided that Kad Merad “played a character inspired by great lawyers like Robert Badinter or Eric Dupont-Moretti“.
This film tells the story : “of a brilliant lawyer who loses all ability to lie after a health problem. He then embarked on a road trip through France while the 24 hours of Le Mans were taking place. He falls in love with a woman other than his wife and devotes himself to his passion, the trumpet.”
The film’s release date has not yet been revealed, but, given the filming schedule, a cinema release for 2024 would not be impossible.
Claude Lelouch is shooting for his 51st film. Him and the cinema, it’s a French love story. Never very sure to stop, loved all over the world and always in love with directing, he is a man who always surprises in his own way.
Palme d’or at the Cannes festival in 1966, Oscar for foreign film and Oscar for best original screenplay in 1967, director Claude Lelouch touched the world of cinema with his film “A man and a woman”.
Titled “Finally”, his film, currently being shot, can make it clear that it would be his last film for the cinema. The director also confessed to the British media variety : “VSis surely one of the last”.
At 85, Claude Lelouch does not hesitate to draw inspiration from his works from the past. “VShe film will be a sequel in a way” of “Good year”made in 1973 and “Adventure is Adventure”released in 1972, he confided to Variety.
Claude Lelouch and his production team have planned filming in Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, Le Mans, Beaune (near Dijon) and Avignon.
For the Beaune shoot, extras and silhouettes are actively sought, between June 30 and July 3, 2023. Remuneration is at the union rate of 105 euros gross.
The people wanted by the production movie 13 must meet specific criteria: be a man between 20 and 45 years old or a young woman. Fittings may be expected depending on the profiles.
If you are interested, please send an email to [email protected]
You will need to specify: first name, surname, contact details, age. You will also be asked to send a recent photo.