Forever Young (2022 film)

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Forever Young
Les Amandiers 2022 film poster.png
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Written by Noémie Lvovsky
Caroline Deruas-Garrel
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Produced byAlexandra Henochsberg
Starring Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Louis Garrel
Micha Lescot
CinematographyJulien Poupard
Edited byAnne Weil
Production
companies
Distributed by Ad Vitam Distribution
Release dates
  • 22 May 2022 (2022-05-22)(Cannes)
  • 16 November 2022 (2022-11-16)(France)
Running time
125 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench
Box office$1.9 million [1]

Forever Young (French : Les Amandiers) is a 2022 French-Italian comedy-drama film directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. It is a semi-autobiographical account of Tedeschi's experiences as a young actress in the 1980s. [2]

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Plot

Set in the late 1980s, the film follows a group of young actors who enter into Les Amandiers, the prestigious acting school founded by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans. [3] Over the course of a few months, these young people form new friendships, discover the realities of love and come of age, all set to the backdrop of a changing culture. [4]

Cast

Controversy

In November 2022, the newspaper Le Parisien reported that Sofiane Bennacer, the male star of the film, had been indicted in October for sexual and physical abuse against multiple women. [5] In response, the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma chose to remove Bennacer from their annual Revelations List, [6] and multiple cinemas cancelled their screenings of the film. [7] [8] The women also denounced the director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, alleging that she had created an atmosphere of omertà on the set of the film. Bruni Tedeschi admitted to being aware of the rumors surrounding Bennacer, but decided to give him the part anyway. [9] [10] [11] [12]

Bennacer denied the allegations of abuse, posting a message on his Instagram account: "Does the presumption of innocence still exist? Or are we in a state of lawlessness, a state where a simple baseless accusation can destroy someone's life?" Bruni Tedeschi, who at the time was Bennacer's partner, denounced the allegations as a "media lynching." [13] Carla Bruni, the younger sister of Bruni Tedeschi, also denounced the allegations on the grounds of "presumption of innocence." [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Forever Young (2022)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ↑ "LES AMANDIERS - Festival de Cannes 2023".
  3. ↑ Zilko, Christian (22 May 2022). "'Forever Young' First Look: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Makes a Splash at Cannes with '80s Coming-of-Age Story". Indiewire. Indiewire. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Les Amandiers". AlloCine.
  5. ↑ Décugis, Jean-Michel; Tabet, Marie-Christine (22 November 2022). "L'acteur Sofiane Bennacer mis en examen pour viols et violences sur des ex-conjointes" ["The actor Sofiane Bennacer indicted for rape and violence against his ex-partners"]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (23 November 2022). "French Césars Remove Actor From 2023 Revelations List Following Sexual Assault Allegations". Deadline. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Couston, Jérémie (25 November 2022). ""Les Amandiers" déprogrammé d'un cinéma : "On ne peut plus montrer le film de manière anodine"" ["Forever Young cancelled from a cinema: One cannot show this film in an anodyne manner"]. Télérama (in French). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Onana, Sandra. "Déprogrammation des "Amandiers" : "Qu'on le veuille ou non, le film est entré dans le débat public"" ["Whoever wants it or not, the film has entered the public debate"]. Libération (in French). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  9. ↑ Leray, Cassandre. ""J'ai clairement dit non et il le faisait quand même" : trois femmes accusent l'acteur Sofiane Bennacer de viols et de violences" ["I clearly said no and to him it was all the same: three women accuse the actor Sofiane Bennacer of rape and violence"]. Libération (in French). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  10. ↑ Vicente, Álex (19 May 2023). "Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: "Lamento haber rodado mi película, ninguna obra vale este sufrimiento"" ["Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: I regret having shot my film, no work of art deserves this suffering"]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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  12. ↑ Chollet, Mona (3 December 2022). "'Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi did not stop to analyze the power games that were playing out in her school'". Le Monde . Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  13. ↑ Dryef, Zineb; Fabre, Clarisse; Rof, Gilles; Stey, Nathalie (26 November 2022). "L'affaire Sofiane Bennacer embarrasse le cinéma français" ["The Sofiane Bennacer affair is an embarrassment to French cinema]. Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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