The first clapperboard is due to slam imminently, in Brittany, on Hors saison [+leggi anche:
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The film’s cast is led by French actor Guillaume Canet (currently in French cinemas in Asterix & Obélix: The Middle Kingdom [+leggi anche:
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Written by the director alongside Marie Drucker, the story revolves around Laurent, a well-known actor nearing fifty, and Hélène, a forty-something piano teacher. He lives in Paris, she a small seaside town. They were in love fifteen or so years ago, then they separated. Time went by, each of them followed their own path, wounds healed, and their anger dissipated. But when Laurent tries to melt away his melancholy in a jacuzzi at a spa, he randomly bumps into Hélène …

Hors saison is produced by Sidonie Dumas on behalf of Gaumont, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma, and has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and France Télévisions. Filming will unspool in the French department of Morbihan, with Antoine Heberlé heading up photography.