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

[Nuck Horris]

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.

[Nuck Horris]

Here's an interview with Bruno Forzani:

https://vimeo.com/168349406

I have no idea what he's saying but I think those are clips from the film...

[Nuck Horris]

First Shot From AMER Duo's Western LAISSEZ BRONZER LES CADAVRES (LET THE CORPSES TAN)

Not much but I'll take it...

[Nuck Horris]

New teaser

LAISSEZ BRONZER LES CADAVRES - Teaser - YouTube

[castor]

Their last 2 films are fantastic, so I'm definitely looking forward to this!

[Nuck Horris]

Two more shots from the film:

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[Nuck Horris]

Thread updated with the new poster. I ****ed it.

[Nuck Horris]

LAISSEZ BRONZER LES CADAVRES (Let The Corpses Tan) - Trailer - YouTube

It's beautiful...

Getting pretty good reviews at the festivals.

[F17T]

new trailer

LAISSEZ BRONZER LES CADAVRES au cinéma le 18 octobre. - YouTube

[Nuck Horris]

Damn, that trailer is way better...

[SolidStateSociety]

Not every day you see a new movie starring Marilyn Jess.

[blashyrkh66]

I saw this at a film festival a couple of months ago and was blown away by it. I know Kino is releasing it here, but a physical release doesn't look likely until the end of the year. Does anyone know of any non-US blu-ray or 4k releases coming? I found a DVD on amazon.fr coming in March, that's it.

[HotRats]

German mediabook, does not appear to be English friendly

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07BFB3LX5

[Nuck Horris]

If you live in New York, NY they have a cool thing going on at Quad Cinema:

Origin Stories: Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani’s Footnotes to Let the Corpses Tan

Apart from Quentin Tarantino, few writer/directors active in film today have the lifeblood of 1960s and 1970s cinema coursing through their veins as fulsomely as Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. The longtime partners have harnessed their movie love into moviemaking, scaling delirious peaks with the giallo-channeling features Amer and The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears. Cattet and Forzani go beyond their immaculately designed and captured frames and through the looking glass, displaying deep respect for genres of all stripes while rousingly giving them their own spin. Now, with Let the Corpses Tan—which begins its U.S. theatrical run here at the Quad on August 31st—they have swerved into the fast lane with a crime thriller with a strong Spaghetti Western flavor. We invited the duo to program the latest edition of Origin Stories, our ongoing series showcasing personal favorites that have directly influenced a director’s new film. Cattet and Forzani’s playlist will span the globe for a wild ride through seamy side streets and hazardous dusty terrain of vintage grindhouse fare.

With Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani at select screenings

Let the Corpses Tan opens exclusively at the Quad on August 31st.

https://quadcinema.com/program/origi...e-corpses-tan/

The following films will be showing:




Sombre and Road to Salina aren't pictured, no physical release.

Must be nice to have a real cinema in the area...

[kylec123]

Need to see this already. The Strange Color Of Your Body's Tears was.....interesting. Extremely exhausting, but worthwhile.


Also, the Quad sounds so cool. If i end up moving to NYC within the next year (which I'm leaning towards), I'll be watching stuff there for sure.

[BluCollector13]

Tonight was the second time I saw this after it's AFI Fest premiere last November and it's just as gorgeous, grotesque and demented as I remember it being then. Definitely want to read the source novel now to see if it's just as mad. Also, credit must be given to Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet for finding a more inspired use of "The Sunny Road to Salina" than Quentin Tarantino did.

[prkchopexpress]

I think I saw on twitter there is a release for this... but I don't know if it is region locked.

I've heard good things about this but unfortunately am not expecting it to play by me.

[castor]

There's a French DVD that Amazon.fr says is all-region and a Swedish region 2 DVD, neither of which has English subtitles, apparently.

[Nuck Horris]

The Belgian release has English subs.

[castor]

^^^

Where have you seen this?