Laissez Bronzer Les Cadavres - 2017 (Bruno Forzani & Helene Cattet)

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Not much info out there on this yet...



They received 500,000 euros for production aid in 2014:

Laissez bronzer les cadavres
de Bruno Forzani et Hélène Cattet
Devis : 3.518.624
Production : Anonymes Films
Aide : 500.000

Chaque été, Luce, artiste peintre excentrique d'une cinquantaine d'années, séjourne dans son petit hameau isolé, en ruines, dans le sud de la France, entourée de convives: cette été, elle est ainsi avec Max Bernier, un ancien amant, écrivain et alcoolique, Brisorgueil, son amant du moment, avocat, et trois amis de celui-ci qu'elle ne connaissait pas encore: Rhino, Gros et Alex..

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Originally Posted by Twitchfilm, 2014

Though there is no green light in place yet and things can always change at these early stages, it appears that Amer and The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears directing duo Bruno Forzani and Helene Cattet may have found their next project.

Chatter is surfacing in France that the duo are circling a film adaptation of 1971 cult novel Laissez Bronzer Les Cadavres - loosely translated as Let The Corpses Tan - by authors Jean-Patrick Manchette and Jean-Pierre Bastid. Other Manchette works have been adapted to film as The Gunman and Three To Kill while Bastid is perhaps better known under his cult filmmaker non de plume as Jean-Luc Grodard.

There does not appear to be an English synopsis of the book readily available but the plot revolves around a bored painter who invites a group of friends to his house in the country, one of whom is on the run after robbing an armored car for 250 kilograms of gold.

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Originally Posted by Ioncinema, 2016

Last year, we had included this new project from ‘neo-giallists’ Bruno Forzani & Helene Cattet, the Belgian duo behind such loving fetish genre items such as Amer (2009) and The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears (2013). They’re working on a film noir project, an adaptation of author Jean-Patrick Manchette’s 1971 novel, Laissez Bronzer Les Cadavres (translated as Let the Bodies Sunbathe). In early October this year, the duo received financial support from Wallimage, but there hasn’t been an update on the project since. Their last feature unexpectedly popped up in the Locarno line-up in 2013, so we’re choosing to assume they’re somewhere along in the process. However, it seems as if we can expect the film to be re-titled following the Wallimage announcement, where the project was simply listed as a film noir approached from a fetishist angle. The only other certainty is their continued collaboration with one of the most talented cinematographers working today, Manu Dacosse (Alleluia; Evolution).

The year of production is listed as 2016, and they usually operate under the radar. Unless we’re surprised by them in 2016, we’re expecting Forzani & Cattet to return in 2017 to Locarno and then TIFF, as they previously did with The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears

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Can't wait to see this... This duo will one day get the recognition they deserve in the halls of Great Filmmaker Valhalla. I can't think of many new films from the last 15 years that have re-ignited my interest in film or inspired me more than their last two. I probably wouldn't even be posting here if I hadn't seen them.

If you hate these guys or just don't get it it only means you aren't worthy. Many people are not worthy so you won't get too lonely over there.