22/10/2015 - The CNC will also be backing the upcoming films by Gilles Bourdos, Serge Bozon, Lucile Chaufour, Eric Caravaca and Marie Dumora

Director Jean-Pierre Améris

Six projects have been accepted during the fourth 2015 session of the CNC’s second advance on receipts committee. Standing out among them is Nez de cuir (lit. “Leathernose”) by Jean-Pierre Améris, an adaptation of a novel by Jean de La Varende that was previously brought to the big screen in 1952 by Yves Allégret. The main character in the movie is a 22-year-old man who has returned from the Napoleonic Wars after sustaining serious damage to his face. Despite being forced to wear a mask, he nevertheless racks up some considerable sexual conquests with women, until the day comes when he falls head over heels in love... This will be the 11^th fiction feature by Jean-Pierre Améris, who has directed such titles as Les aveux de l’innocent (winner of the Cannes Critics’ Week Award in 1996), C’est la vie (Best Director at San Sebastián in 2001), Lightweight [+see also:
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An advance on receipts from the CNC will also go to Espèces menacées (lit. “Endangered Species”), the fifth feature by Gilles Bourdos, following Disparus (Directors’ Fortnight 1998), Inquiétudes (2003), Afterwards (selected at Toronto in 2008) and Renoir [+see also:
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The CNC will also support Madame Hyde by Serge Bozon (starring Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu and Romain Duris – read the article – produced by Les Films Pelléas) and Gas Gas by Lucile Chaufour (who took part in the Berlinale Forum in 2005 with Violent Days [+see also:
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Two feature-length documentary projects have also been selected for the advance on receipts: Carré 35 [+see also:
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(Translated from French)