‘Love Letters’ Clip: Watch Former Bond Girl Carole Bouquet Pursue Fabrice Luchini In Locarno-Bound Late-Life Love Comedy Romance
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- Martin Provost directs 'Love Letters,' a comedy drama world premiering at the Locarno Film Festival, where it will screen on the Piazza Grande in the presence of Provost, Emmanuelle Devos, and coproducers Vera Michalski Hoffmann and Denis Pineau-Valencienne.
- Fabrice Luchini stars as a recently retired literature professor who gives students a final lesson on taking charge of destiny, only for his wife to leave him that same night, forcing him to live his own advice.
- Carole Bouquet (known for 'For Your Eyes Only'), Chiara Mastroianni, and Emmanuelle Devos play three female encounters that help the protagonist chart a new path in retirement.
- Les Films du Kiosque lead production with France 3 Cinema and Umedia as coproducers; Memento will release the film theatrically in France in November.
- Guillaume Schiffman, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer behind 'The Artist,' reunites with Provost after their collaboration on 'How To Be A Good Wife.'
- The Locarno Film Festival runs from September 5 to 15.
Why it matters: Provost reunites his 'How To Be A Good Wife' creative team for another late-life reinvention comedy aimed at the festival-to-French-release pipeline, with Memento booking a November French theatrical date to capitalize on Locarno buzz ahead of awards season.
