''Filmlovers!'' () is a 2024

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written and directed by

Arnaud Desplechin Arnaud Desplechin (; born 31 October 1960) is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2016, he won the César Award for Best Director for ''My Golden Days'' (2015). He has also written and directed the films ''The Sentinel (1992 film), The Sen ...

. It stars Milo Machado-Graner,

Mathieu Amalric Mathieu Amalric (; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He has won several César Awards and the Lumière Awards. He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film '' Quantum of Solace'', in which he pla ...

and

Françoise Lebrun Françoise Lebrun (born 18 August 1944) is a French actress. Career She has appeared in many movies, and is especially known for her role as Veronika in Jean Eustache's '' The Mother and the Whore'' (1973). She has worked with other direc ...

. It features the character of Paul Dédalus, who appeared in Desplechin's earlier films '' My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument'' (1996) and '' My Golden Days'' (2015). According to Desplechin the film is meant to "celebrate movie theaters and their manifold magic". It had its world premiere in the Special Screenings section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 22 May 2024, where competed for the

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Plot

A film lover celebrates the magic of cinema. Memories, fiction and discoveries intertwine in a rapid flow of cinematic images.

Cast

Production

''Filmlovers!'' is

's fifteenth feature film and is an

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in homage to cinema. It features the character of Paul Dédalus, who is considered Desplechin's alter-ego and who first appeared in his film '' My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument'' (1996) and its prequel '' My Golden Days'' (2015). In ''Filmlovers!'', he returns to the character's childhood, and tells the story of how he got introduced to cinema: first as a spectator, then as a cinephile, and finally a filmmaker. The film is a hybrid of documentary and fiction that incorporates archival footage of film clips and stills as well as interviews with those who accompanied Desplechin in his experiences as a spectator. Ranging from Hollywood blockbusters to Italian neorealism, from the silent era to the cutting edge of contemporary cinema, the film is a journey through the images that shaped the filmmaking eye of Arnaud Desplechin. Desplechin wrote the film's screenplay, in collaboration with Fanny Burdino. He also cited

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's semi-autobiographical film ''

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'' (2022) as a source of inspiration. The film was produced by

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at CG Cinéma. It is co-produced by Scala Films, Arte France Cinéma and Hill Valley, with the participation of French fashion house

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began on 17 July 2023 in

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, where shooting took place for two days at the cinema Le Familia, which was transformed to resemble the 1960s and 1970s. Filming continued that same week in

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and

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. Desplechin planned to shoot sequences in his former high school, in which a multimedia room bears his name. Filming then moved to Paris.

Release

The film was selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 22 May 2024. International sales are handled by

Les Films du Losange Les Films du Losange (, ), also known as Le Losange, is a film production, film distribution and international sales company founded by Barbet Schroeder and Éric Rohmer in 1962. History Les Films du Losange was founded by Barbet Schroeder and É ...

, who also distributed the film in France on 15 January 2025.

Reception

Critical response

Accolades

List of mentioned films

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