You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (film)

Last updated
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet!
Vous navez encore rien vu.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Alain Resnais
Screenplay byLaurent Herbiet
Alain Resnais
Based on Eurydice and Cher Antoine ou l'Amour raté
by Jean Anouilh
Produced by Jean-Louis Livi
Starring Mathieu Amalric
Pierre Arditi
Sabine Azéma
Anne Consigny
Lambert Wilson
Cinematography Eric Gautier
Edited by Hervé de Luze
Music by Mark Snow
Production
company
F Comme Film
Distributed by StudioCanal
Release dates
  • 21 May 2012 (2012-05-21)(Cannes)
  • 26 September 2012 (2012-09-26)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget€ 8 million

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet! (French : Vous n'avez encore rien vu) is a 2012 French-German film directed by Alain Resnais, and loosely based on two plays by Jean Anouilh. The film was shown in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

Contents

Plot

From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers together all his friends who have appeared over the years in his play "Eurydice." These actors watch a recording of the work performed by a young acting company, La Compagnie de la Colombe. During the screening, Antoine's friends are so overwhelmed by their memories of the play that they start performing it together, despite no longer being the appropriate age for their various roles.

Cast

The Actors:

La Compagnie de la Colombe:

Production

Cast and director at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Vous n'avez encore rien vu Cannes 2012.jpg
Cast and director at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

Jean-Louis Livi acted as principal producer, having fulfilled the same role for Resnais's previous film Les Herbes folles . The film was produced through F Comme Film for a budget of eight million euro. It received co-production support from Christmas In July, the German company Alamode Film, and the television channel France 2 which invested 1.3 million euro. [1] [2] It received 471,000 euro from the Île-de-France region, as well as funding from the CNC, Canal+ and Ciné+. Principal photography took place at the Saint-Ouen Studios for two months and was completed on 1 April 2011. [1]

Resnais agreed with the writer Laurent Herbiet, with whom he had previously worked on Les Herbes folles, that they would use two plays by Jean Anouilh to form the basis of the film: Eurydice and Cher Antoine ou l'Amour raté . Explaining his choice, Resnais recalled the impact which the original stage production of Eurydice in 1942 had on him, and added that in his films he was constantly looking for a theatrical kind of language which invited the actors to distance themselves from the realism of everyday life and to move towards a more unexpected or offbeat kind of performance. He assembled a cast of 15 actors, many of whom he had worked with in previous films but including also four newcomers whose work he had admired elsewhere. [3]

For the recording of a performance of the play which is featured within the film, Resnais asked Bruno Podalydès to direct it quite independently, with his own cast, crew, and style, so that, in keeping with the spirit of the film, it would be entirely different from something that Resnais would have done himself. The challenge of then integrating this work into his own ideas for the film introduced an unpredictability to the outcome of the project which Resnais admitted to finding one of the most stimulating aspects of it. [3]

Mark Snow wrote the music for the film, the third of Resnais's films in succession that he had worked on.

Denying that the film should be seen as a testament, Resnais said at a press conference in Cannes, "This film is unlike any other. If I'd thought of this film as a final statement, I'd never have had the courage or energy to do it." [4]

Release

The film was shown in competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2012. [5] [6] It was released in France on 26 September 2012 [7] and in the United States in June 2013. [8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean Anouilh</span> French playwright (1910–1987)

Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than those of his contemporaries, having clearly organized plot and eloquent dialogue. One of France's most prolific writers after World War II, much of Anouilh's work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alain Resnais</span> French film director

Alain Resnais was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct short films including Night and Fog (1956), an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.

"You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" and similar can refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hippolyte Girardot</span> French actor, film director and screenwriter

Hippolyte Girardot is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He is the father of actress Ana Girardot.

<i>Born in 68</i> 2008 French film

Born in 68 is a 2008 French drama film directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau. The film has the sub-title 'Nous nous aimerons jusqu'à la mort'.

<i>Wild Grass</i> 2009 film

Wild Grass is a 2009 French comedy-drama film directed by Alain Resnais. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

<i>Eurydice</i> (Anouilh play)

Eurydice is a play by French writer Jean Anouilh, written in 1941. The story is set in the 1930s, among a troupe of travelling performers. It combines skepticism about romance in general and the intensity of the relationship between Orpheus and Eurydice with an other-worldly mysticism. The result is a heavily ironic modern retelling of the classical Orpheus myth. The play has also been performed under the title Point of Departure, a translation by Kitty Black, and on Broadway as Legend of Lovers, in a 1951 production by the Theatre Guild.

Cher Antoine ou l'Amour raté is a play in four acts by French dramatist Jean Anouilh. It was written and first produced in Paris in October 1, 1969 in a production that was co-directed by the author.

<i>The Kid with a Bike</i> 2011 Belgian film

The Kid with a Bike is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Set in Seraing, Belgium, it tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who turns to a woman for comfort after his father has abandoned him.

<i>Beloved</i> (2011 film) 2011 film by Christophe Honoré

Beloved is a 2011 French romantic drama film written and directed by Christophe Honoré, starring Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Radivoje Bukvic, Paul Schneider, and Michel Delpech. The story is set in the 1960s through the 2000s in Paris, Reims, Montreal, Prague and London. While not a musical, the characters use musical 'narration' and 'dialogues' throughout the film.

<i>Grannys Funeral</i> 2012 film

Granny's Funeral is a 2012 French comedy film directed by Bruno Podalydès. The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

<i>Barbara</i> (2017 film) 2017 film

Barbara is a 2017 French drama film directed by Mathieu Amalric. It stars Jeanne Balibar and Mathieu Amalric. It tells the story of an actress who prepares to portray the famous French singer Barbara. The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2017. It was released in France on 6 September 2017.

<i>On a Magical Night</i> 2019 film by Christophe Honoré

On a Magical Night is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Christophe Honoré and starring Chiara Mastroianni, Vincent Lacoste, Camille Cottin and Benjamin Biolay. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where Mastroianni won the award for Best Performance.

<i>Joan of Arc</i> (2019 film) 2019 film

Joan of Arc is a 2019 French drama film directed by Bruno Dumont and starring Lise Leplat Prudhomme. It is the sequel to Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017). It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

<i>Deception</i> (2021 film) 2021 French film

Deception is a 2021 French drama film, directed by Arnaud Desplechin, from a screenplay by Desplechin and Julie Peyr. It is based upon the novel of the same name by Philip Roth. It stars Denis Podalydès, Léa Seydoux, Anouk Grinberg, Emmanuelle Devos, Rebecca Marder and Madalina Constantin.

A Prince is a 2023 French drama film directed by Pierre Creton. The film centres on Pierre-Joseph, a young man who takes a job as an apprentice gardener under the tutelage of Adrien and Alberto, with the three men later becoming lovers in a throuple.

Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Film Festival is a film festival annually held in the Basque city of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

Naël Marandin is a French actor and film director.

<i>Bernadette</i> (film) 2023 French biographical comedy film

Bernadette is a 2023 French biographical comedy film co-written and directed by Léa Domenach in her directorial debut. The film stars Catherine Deneuve in title role of Bernadette Chirac, French politician and the widow of the former president Jacques Chirac, with Denis Podalydès, Michel Vuillermoz and Sara Giraudeau in pivotal roles. It was released on 4 October 2023 in cinemas in France by Warner Bros. Pictures.

<i>All to Play For</i> 2023 film by Delphine Deloget

All to Play For is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Delphine Deloget. It stars Virginie Efira as a mother fighting for custody of her son after he is injured when she is at work.

References

  1. 1 2 Lemercier, Fabien (2011-04-01). "Resnais wraps Vous N'avez Encore Rien Vu". Cineuropa . Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  2. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (2012-04-20). "Audiard, Resnais, and Carax: a virtuoso trio". Cineuropa . Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  3. 1 2 From an interview with François Thomas, in the Festival de Cannes press kit for Vous n'avez encore rien vu. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  4. ↑ Festival de Cannes press conference: Alain Resnais. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  5. ↑ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  6. ↑ "Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced". timeout. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  7. ↑ "Vous n'avez encore rien vu". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  8. ↑ A.O. Scott, "Playwright Is Dead; Show Goes On: You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet by Alain Resnais", The New York Times, June 6, 2013
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.