SEE VIRGINIE EFIRA, VINCENT CASSEL, ISABELLE HUPPERT, CATHERINE DENEUVE, PIERRE NINEY, ADAM BESSA IN PARALLEL TALES MOVIE TRAILER

    PARALLEL TALES   

SEE TRAILER FOR NEW FRENCH MOVIE

Parallel Tales are out in French cinemas

While our favourite French and Belgian actress Virginie Efira is over at Cannes Film Festival this week, we shall take a peak at her new movie drama PARALLEL TALES (Histoires paralleles) from director Asghar Farhad which has started playing in French cinemas as of this week. The star studded cast also includes Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney, Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Deneuve and Adam Bessa. In search of inspiration for her new novel, Sylvie spies on her neighbors across the street. When she hires young Adam to help her with her daily routine, she has no idea that he will turn her life and her work upside down, until the fiction she had imagined surpasses the reality of them all.

 

VIRGINIE EFIRA, VINCENT CASSEL, ISABELLE HUPPERT, CATHERINE DENEUVE, PIERRE NINEY TO STAR IN PARALLEL TALES MOVIE

 PARALLEL TALES TO STAR 

VIRGINIE EFIRA, VINCENT CASSEL, ISABELLE HUPPERT, PIERRE NINEY, CATHERINE DENEUVE

Although the plot is still kept under wraps, new movie project from Cannes winner Asghar Farhadi PARALLEL TALES is set to have Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney, Isabelle Huppert, Adam Bessa and Catherine Deneuve in the cast. The film is set for spring 2026 release. After shooting over a dozen movies in three years, Efira is coming back to the big screens. This July she will star in VIE PRIVEE with Jodie Foster about a renowned psychiatrist who mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered.

SEE TRAILER FOR ISABELLE HUPPERT'S FRENCH PERIOD SET CRIME COMEDY THE CRIME IS MINE FROM FRANCOIS OZON

  THE CRIME IS MINE  

DIRECTED BY FRANCOIS OZON

This one has already had its run around Europe earlier this year, but as of today, December 25th is finally getting a limited cinema release over in United States as well. THE CRIME IS MINE (Mon

Mon Crime is out in USA from December 25th

Crime) is a period set comedy crime movie directed and written by famous French director Francois Ozon and is a loose adaptation of the famous play. It boasts quite a stellar cast lead by Isabelle Huppert and Nadia Tereszkiewicz alongside Rebecca Marder. 

 

THE STORY IS SET
in Paris, France, 1935. With a wide assortment of debt collectors lining up at her door, struggling actress Madeleine Verdier is with her back to the wall. But life is full of surprises. And then, for no apparent reason, someone puts a bullet in the head of the lascivious French producer, Montferrand. As a result, as if the cruel hardships of poverty weren't enough, the penniless artist now stands accused of murdering one of the city's most famous residents. Luckily, Madeleine's roommate Pauline Mauléon happens to be a lawyer. Of course, the prime suspect claims to be innocent; however, the truth is in the eye of the beholder. What happens if the producer's shocking murder isn't Madeleine's crime? 

 

SEE CHARACTER POSTERS AND LUSH TRAILER FOR ITALIAN HISTORICAL DRAMA CARAVAGGIO'S SHADOW ABOUT THE FAMOUS 17TH CENTURY PAINTER WITH RICCARDO SCAMARCIO, LOUIS GARREL, ISABELLE HUPPERT

 CARAVAGGIO'S SHADOW 

1ST TRAILER & RELEASE DATE

The movie is out this November in Italy

Beside Leonardo that you watched this summer on CW and a movie on Dante that aired in Italian cinemas, there is another famous Italian artist getting a big screen treatment this year. You can expect a historical biopic on legendary painter Caravaggio in CARAVA- GGIO'S SHADOW (L'ombra di Caravaggio) which is set to arrive to cinemas November 3rd in Italy directed by their famous acting legend Michele Placido with Riccardo Scamarcio in the title role and French star Louis Garrel as his shadow. Isabelle Huppert also stars as Costanza Sforza Colonna! Today I offer you the first trailer below and also character posters!

 

THIS HISTORICAL DRAMA

depicts the struggles of the notorious Renaissance painter as he's investigated by the Vatican. Italy 1610. Michelangelo Merisi (Scarmarcio), better known as Caravaggio, ignores Catholic Church rulings that dictate how religious subjects are to be represented. Having been informed that he depicts prostitutes, thieves and vagabonds in his work, Pope Paul V orders the Vatican secret service to investigate, to decide whether to grant the clemency for which Caravaggio has petitioned since being sentenced to death for the murder of a rival in love. The investigator (Garrel) – known as The Shadow - begins the inquiry that will lead him to discover the conflicting vices and virtues of the artist whose life – or death – lies in his hands.

 

SEE RICCARDO SCAMARCIO, LOUIS GARREL, ISABELLE HUPPERT IN HISTORICAL BIOPIC CARAVAGGIO'S SHADOW FROM MICHELE PLACIDO

 CARAVAGGIO'S SHADOW 

1ST POSTER & RELEASE DATE

The movie is out this November in Italy

Beside Leonardo that you can watch this month on CW and a movie on Dante that is arriving next month, there is another famous Italian artist getting a big screen treatment this year. You can expect a historical biopic on legendary painter Caravaggio in CARAVA- GGIO'S SHADOW (L'ombra di Caravaggio) which is set to arrive to cinemas November 3rd in Italy directed by their famous acting legend Michele Placido with Riccardo Scamarcio in the title role and French star Louis Garrel as his shadow. Isabelle Huppert also stars as Costanza Sforza Colonna!

 

THIS HISTORICAL DRAMA

depicts the struggles of the notorious Renaissance painter as he's investigated by the Vatican. Italy 1610. Michelangelo Merisi (Scarmarcio), better known as Caravaggio, ignores Catholic Church rulings that dictate how religious subjects are to be represented. Having been informed that he depicts prostitutes, thieves and vagabonds in his work, Pope Paul V orders the Vatican secret service to investigate, to decide whether to grant the clemency for which Caravaggio has petitioned since being sentenced to death for the murder of a rival in love. The investigator (Garrel) – known as The Shadow - begins the inquiry that will lead him to discover the conflicting vices and virtues of the artist whose life – or death – lies in his hands.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS PERIOD SET MOVIE COMEDY WITH LESLEY MANVILLE, LAMBERT WILSON, JASON ISAACS, ISABELLE HUPPERT

 MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS 

FOLLOW YOUR DREAM

For more than a half a century now, Paul Gallico's popular novel MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS has been entertaining readers around the world and now

Mrs Harris goes to Paris this July

it is finally getting a big screen movie adaptation (it had two small screen ones before) which is ready to strut its way into cinemas July 15th in United States and September 30th in the United Kingdom and Spain. Most of Europe, Australia and South America will see it as soon as July 14th! Directed by Anthony Fabian the film stars Lesley Manville, Lambert Wilson, Jason Isaacs, Anna Chancellor, Isabelle Huppert, Lucas Bravo, Freddie Fox, Christian McKay and Rose Williams. The film was shot in Hungarian capital Budapest instead of Paris during the Covid outbreak.

 

  MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS 

 in partnership with the House of Dior, tells the story of a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and

Lesley Manville leads the cast

decides that she must have one of her own. After she works, starves and gambles to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris which will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior.

WHOM WILL WE MEET AT THE HOUSE OF DIOR?

As WhatToWatch writes, Lesley Manville takes the leading role of Mrs Ada Harris as the down-to-earth cleaner embarks on a life changing journey to Paris. Jason Isaacs plays Archie, while French actress Isabelle Huppert plays Claudine Colbert, a senior employee of the House of Dior who after initially being a little frosty helps Mrs Harris achieve her designer dress dream. Anna Chancellor is Lady Dant,

Anthony Fabian directed the movie

Ada's upper class employer in London where she first spots a Dior dress. Lambert Wilson is Marquis de Chassagne who helps Ada at the House of Dior after she arrives and is almost thrown out. Lucas Bravo plays André Fauvel the accountant at The House of Dior in love with model Natasha (Alba Baptista). André invites Mrs Harris to stay with him while she has the numerous dress fittings required for her Dior dress, and she, in turn, helps André to woo the woman of his dreams, Natasha, who at the beginning of the film sees him as nothing more than a boring accountant. Check out the delightful trailer below and tell us what you think, are you excited to go to Paris with Mrs. Harris?

HOLLYWOOD SPY'S EXTENSIVE SPOTLIGHT ON PERIOD SET MOVIES TO EXPECT FROM FRANCE: HISTORICAL FILMS FROM HUGO BECKER, ISABELLE HUPPERT, VINCENT PERES!

  PERIOD SET FILMS  

TO EXPECT FROM FRANCE 

Hollywood Spy is bringing you web's most extensive spotlight on all the period set movies we can expect from France, starting with A MASTER OF ARMS (Maître d’armes) which will be directed by Vincent Peres who is also directing. Paris, 1887. In a rapidly changing society, where dueling is the

Vincent Peres will star and direct

last way out to uphold one's honour, Clément Lacaze, charismatic fencing master, and Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre, a feminist ahead of her time, will fight side by side, ignoring the threats and dangers that await them. Roschdy Zem, Doria Tillier and Denis Podalydès also star. 

 

MADAME DE SEVIGNE

With Karin Viard in the title role, it will also star Ana Girardot, Cédric Kahn, and Noémie Lvovsky. In the middle of the 17th century, the Marquise de Sévigné wanted to make her daughter a brilliant and independent woman, in her image. But the more she tries to have a hold on the destiny of the young woman, the more she alienates her. Mother and daughter then experience the pangs of a singular and devastating passion. From this devastation will be born a major work of French literature.

 

THE SHADOW OF CARAVAGGIO

Directed by Michele Placido, this co production between France and Italy will also star Riccardo Scamarcio, Louis Garrel, Isabelle Huppert. Italy, in 1600. The adventurous life of the great 16th century Italian painter, Caravaggio. A disturbing figure is responsible for investigating the latter because his art is deemed subversive.

 

THE LAST QUEEN 

aka La Dernière reine will star Adila Bendimerad, Dali Benssalah, Tahar Zaoui! Year is 1516, Legend says that the King of Algiers had a wife named Zaphira. When the pirate Aroudj Barbarossa arrives to liberate the city from the Spaniards, he is determined to conquer Zaphira as well as the kingdom itself. But is Zaphira ready to let him or is she plotting for herself?

 

POMARE, LAST QUEEN OF TAHITI

aka Pomaré, la dernière reine de Tahiti will star Tuheï Adams, Alexia Barlier, Bernard Le Coq and Terence Telle. In the kingdom of the lagoons where custom dictates that only men can become kings young Aïmata Pomare will break this law. Faced with the hostility of her peers, threatened by the greed of England and France, Aïmata, a young Tahitian princess, will try to save her traditions and her people in order to offer her a destiny. This is how she will become the last queen of Tahiti and make peace with France. 

 

THE FURCY SLAVE AFFAIR

aka L'Affaire de l’esclave Furcy will be an adaptation of Mohammed Aïssaoui's novel. It will tell  the true story of Furcy, a slave on a plantation on

Riccardo Scamarcio

Bourbon Island (Reunion), who decided in October 1817 to take his master to court to demand his freedom. After many twists and turns, this affair which lasted more than twenty years will find its denouement in Paris in 1843 at the Royal Cessation Court.

 

CONCE- SSION

aka La Concession by director Aurelia Raoull. 1867. Charlotte is part of a convoy of women sent to New Caledonia to populate this new French colony. While this 17-year-old orphan is won over by the Kanak spirits of Caledonian land, she revolts against her husband and the colonial system...

 

WIN OR DIE

Also known as VAINCRE OU MOURIR has already been shot and is currently in the process of post production which means we can show you the first photos from this historical war movie directed together by Paul Mignot and Vincent Mottez and a rather strong cast of French superstars led by Hugo Becker, Gregory Fitoussi, Jonathan Demurger, Jean Hugues Anglade and Rod Paradot. To be distributed by our favourite StudioCanal, this historical action war movie should troop into cinemas sometime next year.

  THE STORY OF WIN OR DIE

follows the adventures of Charette (played here by French star Hugo Becker), naval officer, winner of the American War of Independence, who sees his life changed in 1793 when he engages in a final fight for freedom. François Athanase de Charette de la Contrie (2 May 1763 – 29 March 1796) was a Breton Royalist soldier and politician. He served in the French Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War and was one of the leaders of the Revolt in the Vendée against the revolutionary regime during which the peasant fighters asked Charette to be their leader. During the very brutal war in which republicans massacred many people, he won numerous battles but was captured and executed when he was just 32.

MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS TRAILER IS HERE! 1ST PHOTOS OF TOM HOPPER IN NETFLIX ROMCOM LOVE IN THE VILLA, BRYAN CRANSTON, ANNETTE BENING IN JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE, JOELY RICHARDSON IN LITTLE BONE LODGE THRILLER

  LOVE IN THE VILLA  

1ST TOM HOPPER PHOTO

We have the first photo for you from a romcom that will stream on Netflix September 1st. LOVE IN THE VILLA follows a young woman (Kat Graham) on a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, after a break-up, only to find that the villa she reserved was double-booked, and she’ll have to share her vacation with a cynical and very good-looking British man (Tom Hopper).

 JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE 

1ST LOOK AT PARAMOUNT + FILM

You can also enjoy first photos from Paramount + comedy movie JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE which hits the American platform June 17th! It brings the remarkable true story of retiree Jerry Selbee (Bryan Cranston), who discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge (Annette Bening), wins millions, using the money to revive their small Michigan town. Jake McDorman also stars as their son. Stay tune for the first trailer, we will post it as soon as we get it, which goes for other two movies as well.

 

   1ST LITTLE BONE LODGE  

PHOTO WITH JOELY RICHARDSON

If you prefer thrillers, there is also the first photo from Matthias Hoene's LITTLE BONE LODGE movie thriller with Joely Richardson. It follows two criminal brothers on the run who seek refuge in a desolate farmhouse. Taking the resident family captive, they find that the house holds dark secrets of its own. With Joely as mother, Sadie Soverall, Neil Linpow and Harry Cadby also star.

 MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS 

DELIGHTFUL TRAILER IS HERE

In the video department, check out the first, very delightful trailer for MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS which brings Lesley Manville to theatres in the title

The movie is out in cinemas July 15th!

role July 15th! The cast also includes Jason Isaacs, Lambert Wilson, Freddie Fox, Lucas Bravo, Rose Williams, Isabelle Huppert, Anna Chancellor. In partnership with the House of Dior, the movie tells the story of a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own. After she works, starves and gambles to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris which will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior. Check out the lovely trailer below and tell us what you think:

LAVISH FIRST PHOTOS REVEALED FOR MICHELE PLACIDO'S RENAISSANCE DRAMA CARAVAGGIO'S SHADOW ON THE FAMOUS 17TH CENTURY PAINTER

  CARAVAGGIO'S SHADOW  

REVEALS FIRST PHOTOS

Michele Placido has just finished production on historical drama CARAVAGGIO'S SHADOW over in Naples, about the enigmatic and genius Renaissance painter, and today we have the first, rather lavish stills from the

Caravaggio's Shadow will hit cinemas sometime next year

set featuring Riccardo Scamarcio as Caravaggio himself, Louis Garrel as the mysterious Shadow, Isabelle Huppert as the Marquise Costanza Colonna, Micaela Ramazzotti as Lena and Placido in the role of Cardinal del Monte!

     THE STORY OF THE FILM

focuses on the adventurous and controversial life of the great painter from the 1600s, showing the artist as a rebel without a cause, a man of huge talent but above all a rockstar ahead of his time, forced to deal with the

Michele Placido spent four years developing the project

troubling consequences of his dissolute life. Set in 1610, the film will show how Pope Paul V orders the Vatican secret service to investigate Caravaggio. The pontiff must decide whether to grant the clemency for which the painter has

Isabelle Huppert is Marquise Constanza Colonna in the movie

petitioned since being sentenced to death for the murder of a love rival. The Investigator, known as the Shadow, begins the enquiry which will lead him to discover the conflicting vices and virtues of the artist whose life, or death, lies in his hands.

LESLEY MANVILLE LEADS PERIOD SET DIOR DRAMA MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS WITH ISABELLE HUPPERT, LAMBERT WILSON, JASON ISAACS! ITS JASON ISAACS VS A VOLCANO IN SKYFIRE DISASTER MOVIE TRAILER

 MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS

SENDS ITS CAST TO BUDAPEST

Half of the globe in that title, right? But the cast seems very lovely: Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Jason Isaacs, Christian McKay, and dashing Lucas Bravo are currently in Hungarian

The movie is currently shooting in Hungarian capital Budapest

capital Budapest shooting a film set in France! A new big screen adaptation of Paul Gallico's much-loved novel about a cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly. Anthony Fabian is directing for eOne in collaboration with the House of Dior. 

SKYFIRE TRAILER

JASON ISAACS VS A VOLCANO

Speaking of our lovely gent Isaacs, he is also leading Chinese adventure SKYFIRE which was a cinema hit over there last winter, but will arrive to

Skyfire arrives to US cinemas and VOD this December

movie starved US cinemas and VOD this December. The story of the film sees chaos erupt when the once dormant volcano at the world’s only volcano theme

Jason Isaacs leads the cast of the Chinese action adventure

park and resort, located in the Pacific Rim’s “Ring of Fire,” starts to rumble. A young scientist (Hannah Quinlivan) must convince the resort owner

The film faired very well last winter in Chinese theatres

(Jason Isaacs) to evacuate the island before it’s too late. The film already paid off its worth earning staggering $25 million in Chinese theatres last December. The movie was directed by Simon West.