The film "Deux" wins 4 nominations at the 2021 César Awards
Nominations for the 46e edition des César are unveiled and the film Two will represent Luxembourg. The awards ceremony will take place on Friday 12 March at 9pm at the Olympia in Paris. It will be broadcast live and unencrypted on Canal+ and replayed on MyCanal. The best moments of the evening will be broadcast in parallel on the website Dailymotion.
Dramatic comedy Twodirected by Filippo Meneghetti and co-produced in Luxembourg by the company Tarantula (Donato Rotunno and Elise André) is competing in the following categories:
- Best first film
- Best Actress - Martine Chevalier
- Best Actress - Barbara Sukowa
- Best Original Screenplay
The comedy-drama had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and won dozens of international awards, including Best First Film and Best Actress for Martine Chevalier and Barbara Sukowa, the film's two lead actresses, at the 2021 Foreign Press Awards.
The film, a tale of lesbian love, has been selected to represent France at the 2021 Oscars in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category..
Filming in Luxembourg took place in mid-October 2018 over a period of 20 days. Among the Luxembourg technicians and actors were Céline Bodson (chief sound operator), Angelo Dos Santos (chief sound editor), Vitalijus Kiselius (chief electrician), Magdalena Labuz (costumes), Katja Reinert (head of make-up), Laurent Wallerang (head stagehand) and actors Eugénie Anselin, Aude-Laurence Biver, Véronique Fauconnet, Denis Jousselin, Stéphane Robles, Gilles Soeder, Hervé Sogne and Jérôme Varanfrain.
Tarantula Distribution has decided to reschedule the film from Thursday 11 February in the cinemas in the country. It is also available on the new Luxembourg platform sooner.lu.
