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A new French-language film is in the works with Marion Cotillard, Lea Seydoux, Vincent Cassel, Nathalie Baye and Gaspard Ulliel set to star.
“It’s Only the End of the World” will be directed by Canadian writer/director Xavier Dolan and will go on sale at Cannes.
Based on Jean-Luc Lagarce’s play of the same name, the story follows a writer who goes back to his hometown, planning on announcing his upcoming death to his family. As resentment soon rewrites the course of the afternoon, all attempts of empathy are sabotaged by people’s incapacity to listen and love.
Dolan will produce with Nancy Grant, Nathanaël Karmitz and Sylvain Corbeil.
“I’m absolutely thrilled about ‘It’s Only the End of the World,’ especially for the work with the actors,” Dolan said. “It is my utmost priority and most visceral passion to work with inspiring talent on set and not only direct them, but, as an actor-director, act with and through them, even from the other side of the mirror.”
