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Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the new release “Bonjour Tristesse,” the second film adaptation of the 1954 novel sensation. This relationship entanglement was written by then 19-year-old author Françoise Sagan. In select theaters on April 25th, see local listings.

Lily McInerny is Cécile, the 17-year-old daughter of widower playboy Raymond (Claes Bang), and they are currently vacationing in the South of France. Raymond is dating the statuesque Elsa (Nailia Harzoune), a dancer from Paris. The three are co-conspirators in relaxation, but their idyllic situation is broken up by a visit from Anne (Chloë Sevigny), a fashion designer who knew Cécile’s late mother and Raymond. The old friend sparks a flame, and through the familiarity Raymond and Anne have a whirlwind affair and quickly become engaged. This riles up Cécile, and she plans to break them up, not understanding what the results of her actions might be.

Rust, the indie Western with a tragic backstory, is now out at at some 115 theaters through Falling Forward Films, as well as on PVOD. The release comes well over three years since the film’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed by a bullet from Alec Baldwin‘s gun on the New Mexico film set.

An on-again-off-again involuntary manslaughter criminal case against the producer and star was put to rest last December. Multiple civil suits related to the shooting remain in the courts in California and New Mexico. A jury found Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer for the production, guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the October 2021 incident and she was sentenced to 16 months in prison.

Amid all that, the movie itself has taken a back seat, until now. Deadline’s review calls the release “bittersweet” but notes “the exceptional cinematography of Hutchins, as well as Bianca Cline, who came in to film the remaining scenes.

“Bonjour Tristesse” (2024) begins on a cozy, comforting note in a sun-drenched town in Europe. It is hard for these early moments not to remind you of Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name,” especially with how it establishes its setting filled with warmth and a sense of relaxation. There is a clear emphasis on making us a part of this world on a sensory level with shots of mundane details around its characters, akin to Yasujirō Ozu’s pillow shots, which furthers the cushy charm of its setting. That is also how writer-director Durga Chew-Bose presents her bourgeois characters, caught in these simple joys of life.

None of them feels a sense of urgency or unrest in the conventional sense. Agreed that these people are there to spend their summer vacation, where rest might just be of the utmost priority. However, that seems unlikely in modern times, in which the film places its characters.

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Greenwich Entertainment releases “Bonjour Tristesse” in select theaters on May 2, 2025.

The German language might get plenty of admiration for its ability to articulate complicated feelings and things, but don’t discount French for its similar refinement. Consider tristesse, which translates to “sadness, gloominess, dolefulness, dreariness, gloom,” and the like, but definitely sounds better than just “sadness.” It sounds chic, winsome, so French. Bonjour, tristesse? Oh la la indeed!

Such is the title of Françoise Sagan’s 1954 novel — written when the author was just 18, and thus the perfect age to write a story literally called “Hello, Sadness” — and of both a previous (very good) Otto Preminger-directed adaptation and Durga Chew-Bose’s clever new spin on the story at hand. While remakes can feel, by their very nature, like the worst kind of retread (to say nothing...

Love him or hate him, mystery fans can't get enough of Harlan Coben. The American novelist has attracted devoted readers from around the world who buy his books for their shocking twists, indulgent characters, and thrillingly baffling conclusions. Some have favorably compared him to Stephen King; others, such as The Independent's Nick Hilton, feel that he makes "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown look like "a paragon of literary restraint" by comparison.

Naturally, Coben has caught the attention of Hollywood producers. There had been some successful attempts at adapting his work in the 2000s and 2010s, as well as a few unsuccessful attempts. Things really took off in 2018, when Coben signed a deal with Netflix to produce several serialized adaptations of his work. The results have been very mixed, so we took a look at them all to determine which Harlan Coben Netflix series is the best.

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Directing an adaptation of an iconic book that has already been successfully adapted by the legendary Otto Preminger is an ambitious task for a first-time director, yet that is precisely what Durga Chew-Bose did for her debut feature, Bonjour Tristesse. Taking advantage of her superb cast and some gorgeous scenery, Chew-Bose manages to make her version of this story worth watching despite a safe script.

Bonjour Tristesse Review

Bonjour Tristesse follows a young woman vacationing in the south of France with her father and his younger girlfriend when their seemingly idyllic getaway is disrupted by the arrival of one of her late mother’s old friends. A little bit of debauchery and a whole lot of melodrama ensue, creating a film that goes down incredibly easy.

The biggest obstacle Bonjour Tristesse has to overcome is that its characters aren’t the most approachable. They’re rich and superficial, but this...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. Bonjour Tristesse opens in theaters on May 2.

There was slight trepidation going into Bonjour Tristesse. Justifying itself as another “adaptation” of Françoise Sagan’s text rather than remake of Otto Preminger’s masterpiece of mise-en-scène, there’s still some hesitation about the chutzpah that must go into thinking you can top that great craftsman at the height of his power. As directed by writer-turned-filmmaker Durga Chew-Bose with a great deal of formal assurance, this 2024 iteration is a highly respectable effort that’ll speak to countless people the original didn’t. One major difference being that Preminger made the film as a showcase for the muse he was having an affair with, Jean Seberg, casting some leering-male element onto the whole project. Chew-Bose’s project isn’t so much feminist as feminine––that a working-out of neurosis that doesn’t provide completely easy answers.

In Bonjour Tristesse—a modern retelling of Françoise Sagan’s 1954 novella of the same name—the enigmatic fashionista Ann (Chloe Sevigny) discovers a long-held craving just as it’s satisfied by her lover, Raymond (Claes Bang). She describes the feeling as “fizzy,” an adjective that captures the quietly galvanic sensations permeating Durga Chew-Bose’s stringent and striking directorial debut. The interaction also illustrates the inflamed senses of self-awareness that define the film’s characters, who relentlessly observe, analyze, and diagnose each other’s behaviors in ways that invariably reflect back on themselves.

The wealthy, womanizing Raymond enjoys a carefree life in the French Riviera with his stepdaughter, Cécile (Lily McInerny), whose mother died years before. The two have always kept each other company—even solitaire is a multiplayer game for them—and this closeness remains unchallenged when Raymond takes up with the beautiful Elsa (Nailia Harzoune), whose warmth grounds the...

If you're a fan of thrillers, Netflix has no shortage of options, especially with its selection of Harlan Coben adaptations. Coben, known for his suspenseful novels, has become a popular name in the streaming world with many of his books turned into Netflix shows. However, not all of them live up to the hype.

As of right now, there are 10 television series adaptations and one original series of his currently streaming on Netflix. They are Safe, Stay Close, The Innocent, The Stranger, Gone for Good, The Woods, Hold Tight, Missing You, Caught, Fool Me Once and Just One Look. While each of these series has its share of twists and surprises, not all of them succeed in maintaining your interest or keeping the momentum strong throughout. Some may leave you hooked for a few episodes, only to disappoint with predictable plotlines, pacing issues, underdeveloped characters, or unsatisfying conclusions.

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"You terrify me..." Greenwich Ent. has debuted the US trailer for an indie romantic thriller titled Bonjour Tristesse, adapted from the novella of the same name. This French film first premiered at TIFF 2024 last year, and it also played at AFI Fest, Vancouver, Sudbury, & Zurich Film Fests. At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile is relaxing in a villa in the south of France with her widowed father Raymond and falling in love with her new boyfriend. Theirs is a lived-in compatibility a world of ease and languor. The arrival of her late mother's enigmatic friend, played by Chloë Sevigny, turns her world upside down. An adaptation of Françoise Sagan's unforgettable coming-of-age novel, Durga Chew-Bose's Bonjour Tristesse film masterfully captures the complexity of relationships between women and how they wield influence over one another's fates. The French indie film stars Claes Bang, Lily McInerny, Nailia Harzoune, Aliocha Schneider,...

The melancholy of coming of age is captured in the whimsically dark “Bonjour Tristesse,” based on Françoise Sagan’s 1954 novella whose title translates to “Hello, Sadness.”

“Palm Trees and Power Lines” standout star Lily McInerny plays 18-year-old Cécile who is vacationing with her father Raymond (Claes Bang) and his lover Elsa (Naïlia Harzoune). However, their summer takes a twisted turn when Anne (Chloë Sevigny), a friend of Cécile’s late mother, drives down from Paris to pay the family a visit.

As the synopsis teases, “Cécile’s world is threatened and, desperate to regain control, she sets in motion a plan to drive Anne away with tragic consequences. The three embark on an incredible journey of deceit, lust, compassion, and unconditional love against the backdrop of an unforgettable French summer.” Aliocha Schneider also stars.

“Bonjour Tristesse” is writer/director Durga Chew-Bose’s directorial debut; the film premiered at 2024 TIFF.

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Following its TIFF premiere last fall, Durga Chew-Bose’s Françoise Sagan adaptation Bonjour Tristesse recently traveled to New York, opening the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look. Now, Greenwich Entertainment has set a May 2 theatrical debut for the drama starring Chloë Sevigny, Claes Bang, Lily McInerny, Nailia Harzoune, and Aliocha Schneider, and released the first trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: “At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile (Lily McInerny) is languishing by the French seaside with her handsome father, Raymond (Claes Bang), and his girlfriend, Elsa (Naïlia Harzoune), when the arrival of her late mother’s friend, Anne (Chloë Sevigny), changes everything. Amid the sun-drenched splendour of their surroundings, Cécile’s world is threatened and, desperate to regain control, she sets in motion a plan to drive Anne away with tragic consequences. An adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s unforgettable coming-of-age novel by the same title, Durga Chew-Bose’s...

A trailer has been unleashed for the remake of “Bonjour Tristesse,” which is coming to theaters later this year with Chloe Sevigny, Claes Bang, Lily McInerny, Nailia Harzoune, and Aliocha Schneider among the cast.

The family drama takes place in the picturesque French seaside during the summer, where a daughter tries to drive a hostile family friend from their family gathering while also meddling in her father’s love life with tragic consequences.

Continue reading ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ Trailer: Durga Chew-Bose’s Remake Of French Seaside Family Drama Coming This May at The Playlist.

The annual First Look festival at the Museum of the Moving Image has unveiled its 2025 program. IndieWire can announce that the 14th edition of the beloved festival will take place March 12-16, and open with Durga Chew-Bose’s “Bonjour Tristesse.” The feature previously debuted at TIFF’s Discovery Program.

The film, which is an adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s novel, centers on 18-year-old Cécile (Lily McInerny) who is enjoying the French seaside with her father, Raymond (Claes Bang) and his lover Elsa (Naïlia Harzoune). Yet the arrival of her late mother’s friend Anne (Chloë Sevigny) changes everything. Per the official synopsis, “amid the sun-drenched splendour of their surroundings, Cécile’s world is threatened and, desperate to regain control, she sets in motion a plan to drive Anne away with tragic consequences.”

The 2025 lineup will present 38 films, of which 20 are features, including 4 world premieres and 23 U.S. or North American premieres,...

As one of the most prolific and successful mystery writers of the past 30 years, it's unsurprising that many of Harlan Coben's novels have been adapted for the small screen by a streamer like Netflix. Featuring more twists and turns than a country lane, Coben's stories are perfectly suited to the miniseries format. However, some have been more successful than others. Of the eight Coben books so far adapted, most have enjoyed a generally positive critical reception.

Productions of Safe, The Stranger, The Woods, The Innocent, Stay Close, and Fool Me Once have all been rated as "Fresh" on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes – further highlighting just how suited Coben's writing is to television. However, the burgeoning Coben-verse hasn't been a total success. Gone for Good and Hold Tight have both failed to impress critics, while other shows have been more polarizing than their overall critical scores suggest.

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Missing You is a mystery thriller drama series created by Victoria Asare-Archer. Based on the 2014 novel of the same name by author Harlan Coben, the Netflix series follows detective Kate Donovan, who finds her missing fiancé on a dating app ten years after he supposedly disappeared. Missing You stars Rosalind Eleazar, Jessica Plummer, Richard Armitage, Lenny Henry, Steve Pemberton, Marc Warren, Samantha Spiro, Lisa Faulkner, Mary Malone, and Ashley Walters. So, if you loved the dark secrets, thrilling story, and compelling characters in Missing You, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Greenwich Entertainment has acquired Durga Chew-Bose’s directorial debut, Bonjour Tristesse, starring Chloë Sevigny (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans), Claes Bang (The Square), and Lily McInerny (Palm Trees and Power Lines), on the heels of its premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.

Based on the acclaimed 1954 novel from Françoise Sagan — which Otto Preminger previously adapted into a BAFTA-nominated feature — pic will hit U.S. theaters next summer via Greenwich as Elevation releases it in Canada. The film has sold to Spain (Filmin), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo) Mena (Falcon), Cis (Nashe Kino), Former Yugoslavia (McF MegaCom), Bulgaria (Cinelibri), and Airlines (Skeye), with Universal Pictures distributing internationally.

A Babe Nation Films and Elevation Pictures production, Bonjour Tristesse follows 18-year-old Cécile (McInerny), who at the height of summer, is languishing by the French seaside with her handsome father, Raymond (Bang), and his lover, Elsa (Naïlia Harzoune), when the arrival of her...

Greenwich Entertainment has acquired US rights to Toronto premiere Bonjour Tristesse starring Chloë Sevigny and Claes Bang, which has scored territory sales through Films Constellation.

Durga Chew-Bose directed the Babe Nation Films and Elevation Pictures production, based on Françoise Sagan’s novel.

Films Constellation has licensed rights to Spain (Filmin), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo) Mena (Falcon), Cis (Nashe Kino), former Yugoslavia (McF MegaCom), and Bulgaria (Cinelibri), with Universal Pictures distributing in other key territories.

Greenwich will release Bonjour Tristesse theatrically in summer 2025 and Elevation distributes in Canada.

Lily McInerny plays 18-year-old Cécile, who is spending the summer by the French seaside...

The Toronto Film Festival kicked off September 5 with a multi-move opening night that included David Gordon Green’s family comedy Nutcrackers starring Ben Stiller. It kicked off a slate of world premieres and buzzy movies across 11 days for the 49th edition of one of North America’s biggest film festivals.

Other key titles making their debuts in Toronto included The Luckiest Man in America starring Paul Walter Hauser, the Amy Adams-starring Nightbitch, theater guru Marianne Elliott’s The Salt Path, DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot and Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck, which won the coveted People’s Choice Award.

Documentaries that made a splash included Elton John: Never Too Late and Paul Anka: His Way.

Click below to read Deadline’s reviews from the ground in Toronto, where the festival wrappred September 15.

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Deadline launched its TIFF portrait studio at the Bisha Hotel on Friday, hosting talent from the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, including actors and filmmakers from the weekend’s lineup.

Opening day guests included The Last Showgirl cast Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kiernan Shipka, Dave Bautista and Brenda Song; The Cut stars Orlando Bloom and Catriona Balfe; and Went Up the Hill’s Vicky Krieps, Dacre Montgomery and director Samuel Van Grinsven. Chloe Sevigny, Aliocha Schneider, Claes Bang and Nailia Harzoune of Bonjour Tristesse also stopped by, as did Ben Foster and Cobie Smulders of Sharp Corner.

Day 2 featured visits from Unstoppable stars Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, Bobby Cannavale and Jharrel Jerome, as well as the movie’s real-life inspiration Anthony Robles. Naomi Watts stopped by with The Friend writer-director duo Scott McGehee and David Siegel, plus her Great Dane co-star Bing. Amy Adams also posed for a photo with...

When “Bonjour Tristesse” was first released in 1954, it was an overnight sensation, to the point that it was turned into a film only four years later in 1958. Now, just over 65 years after that, it’s hitting screens once again, thanks to Durga Chew-Bose. However, the director didn’t want to bring it to today’s audience simply for the sake of modernizing a classic.

Originally written by Françoise Sagan, the story centers on Cécile (played in the latest film adaptation by Lily McInerny), a young woman who heads to the south of France to spend the summer with her widowed father Raymond (Claes Bang) and his latest love interest, Elsa (Nailia Harzoune).

Stopping by TheWrap’s 2024 TIFF Studio sponsored by Moët & Chandon and Boss Design with her cast, Chew-Bose explained to TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman that even though the book and first film adaptation came out so long ago...

1958 was quite the year for French novelist Françoise Sagan, who had not one but two film versions of her works given the Hollywood treatment: A Certain Smile and Bonjour Tristesse. The latter was directed by Otto Preminger to mixed reviews despite a starry cast including David Niven, Deborah Kerr and newcomer Jean Seberg who had made her debut in Preminger’s Saint Joan the year before. She was enthralling, but the Preminger take of Sagan’s coming-of-age tale set on the French Riviera is largely forgotten today. Both studio films had the feel of a lavish soap so popular for these widescreen romantic dramas of the time. Now we have a new take.

Though Bonjour Tristesse has also since been made a couple of times for French TV, this is the first major international film version since Preminger’s, and it is a gorgeous-looking, quite lilting tale of an 18-year-old...

The setting of Bonjour Tristesse is so enticing — a Mediterranean town in the South of France, where a large villa looks out toward the sea — that it instantly draws you into this adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s classic novel. The first film by writer-director Durga Chew-Bose, its story of adolescent longing, jealousy and sexual awakening, updated here to the present, is always glorious to look at — from the brightly colored floor tiles to the glittering water. But once you’re inside, its emotional trajectory is curiously flat, even though the cast includes two usually vibrant actors, Claes Bang and Chloë Sevigny.

The plot is essentially the same one that made Sagan a sensation when the book was published in 1954. The author was just 18, the age of the film’s central character, Cecile (Lily McInerny), whose point of view we largely share. She is on vacation with her father, Raymond (Bang), and his latest young girlfriend,...

Intoxicating ocean views and cascading sunshine at a seaside villa welcome audiences into Durga Chew-Bose’s feature directorial debut, “Bonjour Tristesse.” The beauty creates a too-good-to-be-true environment — the perfect setting for summer romance, youthful exploration and, also, somehow, something dark and unnerving.

“Bonjour Tristesse” premieres Sept. 5 at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where Chew-Bose is also receiving the TIFF Emerging Talent Award presented by Amazon MGM Studios honor at the Sept. 8 TIFF Gala.

Adapted from the controversial 1954 novel of the same name by Françoise Sagan, who was just 18 when she penned it, the film follows a young Cécile (Lily McInerny) and her widowed father Raymond (Claes Bang) spending the summer in the south of France along with his latest partner, Elsa (Nailia Harzoune). A seemingly perfect holiday is disrupted when Anne ( Chloë Sevigny), an old friend of Cécile’s parents, comes to visit.

Chew-Bose’s rendition is only mildly transformed for modern audiences,...

Zurich Film Festival has revealed a second wave of Gala titles, which includes films starring Tilda Swinton, Sebastian Stan, Nicole Kidman, Pierce Brosnan and Samuel L. Jackson.

Among the 10 added titles are four world premieres, two international premieres and one European premiere.

Zurich will screen, among others, Ali Abbas’ “The Apprentice,” starring Stan, Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door,” starring Swinton, and Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl,” starring Kidman.

Richard Gray’s Western “The Unholy Trinity,” starring Brosnan and Jackson, has its world premiere.

The other world premieres are “Frieda’s Case” by Maria Brendle, “Aiming High – A Race Against the Limits” by Flavio Gerber and Alun Meyerhans, and German epic adventure “Hagen.”

“The fact that we have the opportunity to present so many world and European premieres goes to show that the Zff holds a strong position in the international calendar,” Christian Jungen, artistic director of the festival, said.

Reserved for debut and sophomore films from emerging filmmakers, this year’s Toronto International Film Festival’s Discovery programme consists of two dozen feature films and it’ll include some noteworthy items beginning with the film that opens the section in Canadian writer-turned filmmaker Durga Chew-Bose‘s directorial debut Bonjour Tristesse – the book to film adaptation that follows Cécile (Lily McInerny), a young woman spending the summer in a villa in the south of France with her widowed father Raymond (Claes Bang) and his latest love interest, Elsa (Naïlia Harzoune). The spicy addition here might be in the character of the late mother’s friend Anne – played by Chloë Sevigny.…...

The Chloe Sevigny-starring adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s classic novel Bonjour Tristesse from director Durga Chew-Bose is set to open the 2024 Toronto Film Festival’s Discovery program with a world premiere, organizers said Wednesday.

Claes Bang, Lily McInerny and French actress Nailia Harzoune also star in the English-language contemporary take by the Canadian writer-turned-director. TIFF’s Discovery program, which focuses on first-time and up-and-coming international directors, is also giving world premieres to Reservation Dogs and Letterkenny star Kaniehtiio Horn’s debut feature and comedy Seeds.

There’s also world premieres for Afolabi Olalekan’s Freedom Way, Egil Pedersen’s My Fathers’ Daughter, Laura Carreira’s On Falling, Pavlo Ostrikov’s U Are The Universe and K’Naan Warsame’s Mother, Mother, co-produced by Alex Kurtzman.

Toronto’s Discovery sidebar over the years has screened debut films for Oscar winners like Sólo Con Tu Pareja, the first feature by Alfonso Cuarón...

The 2024 TIFF Discovery program has been announced, with the buzzy “Bonjour Tristesse” opening the lineup.

Presented by Air France, the Discovery program debuts first-time features and sophomore films from emerging international filmmakers. This year, the festival has 24 titles with 20 world premieres representing 25 countries ranging from Bangladesh to Nigeria.

Durga Chew-Bose’s adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s novel “Bonjour Tristesse” will open the program. The film centers on 18-year-old Cécile (Lily McInerny) who is enjoying the French seaside with her father, Raymond (Claes Bang) and his lover Elsa (Naïlia Harzoune). Yet the arrival of her late mother’s friend Anne (Chloë Sevigny) changes everything. Per the official synopsis, “amid the sun-drenched splendour of their surroundings, Cécile’s world is threatened and, desperate to regain control, she sets in motion a plan to drive Anne away with tragic consequences.”

Chew-Bose writes and directs the film, which is represented by UTA for distribution sales.

London and Paris based production, finance and sales outfit Film Constellation have revealed the first look of “Bonjour Tristesse,” which just wrapped principal photography. The adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s novel is directed by Durga Chew-Bose. Film Constellation is showing exclusive first promo footage to buyers during the European Film Market.

Academy Award nominee and Golden Globes winner Chloë Sevigny stars alongside Claes Bang with rising talent Lily McInerny in the role of Cécile. McInerny received a best breakthrough performance nomination at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

This contemporary adaptation also stars Aliocha Schneider (“Greek Salad”) and Naïlia Harzoune (“Patients”).

The film is produced by Babe Nation Films’s Katie Bird Nolan and Lindsay Tapscott, Elevation Pictures’ Noah Segal and Christina Piovesan, Wolfgang Mueller and Benito Mueller of Barry Films and Cinenovo’s Julie Viez. Executive producers are Fabien Westerhoff for Constellation Prods., Suzanne Court, Elevation’s Omar Chalabi, Jesse Weening and Emily Kulasa,...

Studiocanal has boarded “A Prophet,” a new television adaptation of Jacques Audiard’s acclaimed 2009 film. The eight-episode limited series started filming on July 3, with “Django” director Enrico Maria Artale and a diverse new cast led by Mamadou Sidibé.

The French-language series brings back the award-winning team behind the original film, including creators and writers Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit (“The Returned”), as well as producer Marco Cherqui (“Savages”), in agreement with “A Prophet” producers Why Not Productions and Page 114.

The show, which is filming in Marseille and Puglia, Italy, is produced by Cherqui and Sebastien Janin, former Apple exec and co-founder of Media Musketeers, and co-produced by Ugc, Orange Studio, Entourage Series and Savon Noir, with the participation of Ocs. The key crew includes “Gomorra” cinematographer Ferran Paredes Rubio. Veteran Italian producer Fabio Conversi (“Youth”) is exec producing the series.

The original movie won the grand jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival,...

London and Paris-based Film Constellation head Fabien Westerhoff officially announced the launch of its in-house production arm Constellation Productions exactly a year ago, during the 2022 edition of Cannes.

Twelve months on, the exec is taking stock with a sense of satisfaction.

“Projects are often announced and then you never know whether anything really happens,” he tells Deadline. “In one year, we’ve managed to create a diverse slate of films that are actually getting made.”

The first film to come down the pipeline will be UK director Alice Troughton’s first film The Lesson, starring Daryl McCormack, Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy, which world premieres at Tribeca in June.

Westerhoff takes a producer credit alongside London-based producer Camille Gatin at Poison Chef Production, Cassandra Sigsgaard at Jeva Films and Judy Tossell at Berlin company Egoli Tossell Film.

With his sales background, the exec financed the film through Focus Features and Bleecker Street.

Exclusive: Oscar nominee Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don’t Cry), European Film Awards best actor winner Claes Bang (The Square), Sundance 2022 breakout Lily McInerny (Palm Trees and Power Lines) and French actress Nailia Harzoune (Gone For Good) are leading an English-language contemporary adaptation of French writer Françoise Sagan’s classic novel Bonjour Tristesse.

London and Paris-based outfit Film Constellation is launching sales in Cannes on the project written and to be directed by newcomer Durga Chew-Bose. UTA Independent Film Group is repping domestic sales alongside Film Constellation and Elevation Pictures.

The story follows Cécile (McInerny), a young woman spending the summer in a villa in the south of France with her widowed father Raymond (Bang) and his latest love interest, Elsa (Harzoune). Theirs is a lived-in compatibility—a world of ease and languor. But all that soon changes with the arrival of Anne (Sevigny), an old friend of Raymond and Cécile’s mother.

Snd, the commercial arm of the French TV network M6, has acquired worldwide distribution rights to “Family Shake,” a comedy series written by Baya Kasmi and Michel Leclerc.

Snd is the latest vertically integrated French film group to start handling live-action series, following TF1 Studio, Studiocanal and Gaumont, among others. Produced by Gaëlle Cholet at Elephant, “Family Shake” has been commissioned by M6 in France and will start airing later this year in a primetime slot.

The show centers on the ups and downs of a modern, multi-ethnic and blended family. The ensemble cast comprises Grégory Montel (“Call my agent!”), Nailia Harzoune (“Patients”), Julia Piaton” (“Serial (Bad) Weddings”), Lyès Salem (“Just to be sure”), Biyouna (“Aïcha”) and Djemel Barek (“The Bureau”).

The concept of “Family Shake” seems to bank on the success of the comedy franchise “Serial (Bad) Weddings,” which has a similar topic. The first movie grossed more than...