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Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?”, can be found at the end of this post.)

This week’s question: What is the most overlooked and/or underrated movie of 2017?

E. Oliver Whitney, Screencrush.com, @cinemabite

Despite the critical praise, “A Fantastic Woman” only a one-week qualifying run last month, and I worry is it’ll easily be forgotten this awards season. Daniela Vega gives one of the most astounding performances I’ve seen this year, one that comes from somewhere fierce and internal, portraying the life and struggle of a trans woman that cinema has rarely shown an interest in exploring. But since you can’t see it until it has a proper release in Febraury, do check one of the year’s other...

Author: Stefan Pape

It’s fair to say that Marion Cotillard has never quite achieved the same level of success in Hollywood as she has back in France. With recent, somewhat uninspiring endeavours, from Macbeth to Allied to Assassin’s Creed, rarely has she been dealt a nuanced role quite like those we’ve seen her undertake in La Vie En Rose and Two Days, One Night. This a trend she has carried on, gifted with a layered character in Nicole Garcia’s From the Land of the Moon – and to mark the film’s release, we spent some time in Paris with the venerable writer and director.

“Marion is incredible in this movie and I don’t think she was even aware of being so good,” Garcia said. “In this movie it’s a new territory for her that she hasn’t explored for a while now, and there...

Nicole Garcia on Marion Cotillard: "I find her very spontaneous and very unpredictable in this movie."

Tonight, Marion Cotillard is walking the Cannes Film Festival opening night red carpet for Arnaud Desplechin's Ismael’s Ghosts (Les Fantômes D'Ismaël), in which she stars with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Mathieu Amalric (who stars in his own film Barbara with Jeanne Balibar and Lisa Ray-Jacobs in the Directors' Fortnight program).

In my conversation with From The Land Of The Moon (Mal De Pierres) director Nicole Garcia she reveals how Marion Cotillard works on her character, explains the choices from costume designer Catherine Leterrier (Danièle Thompson's Cézanne Et Moi and Benoît Jacquot's 3 Coeurs), and shares the advice from Frantz director François Ozon on choosing a foreign language film title.

Nicole Garcia on the novel by Milena Agus: "I talked to Marion Cotillard about the book years ago." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

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Nicole Garcia to her producer Alain Attal on Milena Agus's novel Mal Di Petra: "Tell me if the rights are free or not!" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

After attending the morning press preview for Agnès Varda's exhibition at Blum & Poe, organized by Olivier Renaud-Clément, I walked over to Le Parker Meridien to meet with Nicole Garcia for a conversation on From The Land Of The Moon (Mal De Pierres), co-written with Jacques Fieschi and starring Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel and Alex Brendemühl. Shot provocatively by Christophe Beaucarne (Étienne Comar's Django, which stars Reda Kateb with Cécile de France; and Jacques Doillon's Rodin, with Vincent Lindon in the title role) with costumes by Catherine Leterrier, Garcia's film carefully chisels out something about women growing up in the 1950s, claiming themselves.

Marion Cotillard as Gabrielle in Mal De Pierres

Gabrielle (Cotillard) lives with her parents and sister in the post-war French countryside.

Ten years after screening “Charlie Says” at the Cannes Film Festival, director Nicole Garcia returned this year to the Croisette with her latest drama “From the Land of the Moon” (“Mal de pierres”).

Starring Marion Cotillard, the film is based on Milena Agus’ novel of the same name and follows a French woman in post-World War II Europe who’s torn between the man she’s meant to marry (Àlex Brendemühl) and a charming war veteran (Louis Garrel).

A new international trailer released by StudioCanal shows the free-spirited Gabrielle fighting for her passionate dream of finding true love — an act that is considered scandalous in her small town in the South of France. While the sneak peek has no English subtitles, Cotillard’s performance guides the trailer forward, bringing a level of suspense and heartbreak to the clip.

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The Cannes Film Festival is off and running having revealed their lineup last week, and it's stacked with cinephile faves, and more images have been released from the films hitting the Croisette. Marion Cotillard stars in the WWII drama "From the Land of the Moon." Based on the novel by Milena Agus, and directed and co-adapted by Nicole Garcia, the film will span two decades in the life of an unhappy married woman who falls in-love with a charming war veteran. Àlex Brendemühl and Louis Garrel co-star as the two men caught in this love triangle.  Read More: Full Soundtrack Details Revealed For Nicolas Winding Refn's 'The Neon Demon,' Summer Release Scheduled Below, you'll find another enigmatic image from Nicolas Winding Refn's "The Neon Demon," his horror movie about the modeling and fashion industry. There's also a new peek at Adam Driver in Jim Jarmusch's low-key "Paterson,...

2016 looks like a good vintage: Screen’s chief critic and reviews editor Fionnuala Halligan dissects this year’s Competition lineup…

Advance word on the Cannes Competition line-up was muted this year, and smoke signals from Paris indicated that the selection was running very close to the line. Thierry Fremaux talked at the launch press conference about “loyalty” and “risk-taking” in the same breath. While these aren’t two words which tend to mix well at Cannes, the festival’s 2016 line-up certainly promises to deliver fresh film-making. “We know the risks we are taking,” said Fremaux.

There’s little doubt that Cannes 2016 looks like a good vintage. Typically of a festival which always surprises, there’s no way to tell if this will be a good, bad, or - worst of all - indifferent mix until we taste. One note we won’t apparently be savouring in the Competition, however, is a sense of France and its relationship...

While Marion Cotillard is currently off filming Robert Zemeckis‘ WWII romantic thriller with Brad Pitt, it won’t be the only drama from the time period she’ll appear in this year. She’s also leading the French-language drama From the Land of the Moon (Mal de pierres), which we wouldn’t be surprised to see appear as part of the Cannes line-up as the first image has arrived today.

Directed and co-adapted by Nicole Garcia, the story comes from Milena Agus‘ novel, which follows a Cotillard’s character navigating a post-World War II Europe, faced with potential marriage to a man she doesn’t love (Àlex Brendemühl) and a charming war veteran (Louis Garrel). Coming from Variety, who report that Sundance Selects has picked up the film for a U.S. release, one can see the image below, along with an Amazon synopsis:

In her debut novel, Agus follows...

Mal de pierres

Director: Nicole Garcia

Writers: Nicole Garcia, Jacques Fieschi

Actress Nicole Garcia, who has starred in unforgettable films from Claude Miller, Alain Resnais, and Jacques Rivette, has managed to become a significant director herself, twice competing in Cannes (2002, 2006) and working with some of France’s other most iconic figures, including Catherine Deneuve in her 1998 film Place Vendome. Garcia’s last feature, 2013’s Going Away didn’t seem to gather much traction, but Cohen Media Group distributed the title in late 2015, though only in one week in New York City. Her latest is project promises to be incredibly high profile, Mal de pierres (From the Land of the Moon) an adaptation of a novel by Italian author Milena Agus following twenty years in the life of a free-spirited woman after WWII. Oh, and it stars Marion Cotillard and Louis Garrell.

Cast: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemuehl

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Marion Cotillard has had what can only be described as a remarkable seven years. Truly. Since winning the Best Actress Oscar for her breakthrough performance in "La Vie en Rose" she's starred in Woody Allen's best film this century ("Midnight in Paris"), Christopher Nolan's Best Picture nominee ("Inception"), worked with Michael Mann ("Public Enemies"), smartly joined a Steven Soderbergh ensemble ("Contagion"), headlined a massive French-language hit ("Little White Lies"), was already robbed of a second Best Actress Oscar nomination ("Rust and Bone") and was the center of an acclaimed drama already well on its way to cinephile cult film status ("The Immigrant"). Throw in one flick for her life partner ("Blood Ties"), a paycheck too hard to turn down ("The Dark Knight Rise") and a musical that just didn't work ("Nine") and Cotillard is already well on her way to living legend status. Now, get ready to add "Two Days,...