Word: japrisotã
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Dates: during 2004-2004
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...ruling is only the latest hurdle for Jeunet, who has spent more then ten years trying to film A Very Long Engagement, based on Sebastian Japrisot??€™s best-selling novel. The series of blows in Jeunet’s own home country is particularly absurd given that, aside from an outstanding performance by American actress Jodie Foster, the film is utterly and beautifully French. In fact, her inclusion in the film is obviously the exception to the rule: Jeunet had been adamant that the movie be filmed in French, by a French cast and crew, in France...
...several factors—namely a lack of money and inability to find the perfect actress to play Mathilde. Both were answered through Amélie. That film’s success gave Jeunet the recognition needed to gain the approval of Warner Brothers, who held the rights to Japrisot??€™s book. Amélie’s pixie-like star Audrey Tautou answered his need for a Mathilde...
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