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And Their Children After Them (film)

And Their Children After Them (French: Leurs enfants après eux) is a 2024 French coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Ludovic Boukherma and Zoran Boukherma. It is an adaptation of the 2018 novel of the same name by Nicolas Mathieu. It stars Paul Kircher, Angelina Woreth, Sayyid El Alami, Gilles Lellouche and Ludivine Sagnier.

And Their Children After Them
Film poster
FrenchLeurs enfants après eux
Directed by
Screenplay by
  • Ludovic Boukherma
  • Zoran Boukherma
Based onAnd Their Children After Them
by Nicolas Mathieu
Produced by
  • Hugo Sélignac
  • Alain Attal
Starring
CinematographyAugustin Barbaroux
Edited byGéraldine Mangenot
Music byAmaury Chabauty
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • 31 August 2024 (2024-08-31) (Venice)
  • 4 December 2024 (2024-12-04) (France)
Running time
144 minutes[1]
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget€12 million[2]

The film premiered on 31 August 2024 at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where Kircher won the Marcello Mastroianni Award.[3]

Plot

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A coming-of-age story following three teenagers across four summers in a small deindustrialized town in the northeast of France between 1992 and 1999.[4]

Cast

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Production

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And Their Children After Them is an adaptation of Nicolas Mathieu's 2018 novel of the same name, which received the prestigious Prix Goncourt.[8]

The film is produced by Hugo Sélignac for Chi-Fou-Mi Productions and by Alain Attal for Trésor Films, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma.[7] According to the producers, Nicolas Mathieu had been approached by many others filmmakers who were interested in producing "naturalistic adaptations". They won him over with their promise of an ambitious project in the style of Paul Thomas Anderson and Martin Scorsese, with Romanesque qualities.[2]

Principal photography began on 25 July and took place in France's Grand Est region, including in the Fensch valley (Moselle) and in the Vosges.[7][9][10][11][12][13] The 55-day shoot with Augustin Barbaroux as director of photography was wrapped on 10 October 2023,[7] on the pier of the Lac de Pierre-Percée (Meurthe-et-Moselle).[14]

Release

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And Their Children After Them had its world premiere on 31 August 2024 as part of the official competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.[15][1] The film was originally set to be released theatrically in France by Warner Bros. Pictures on 18 September 2024,[7][16] but the release date was pushed back to 4 December 2024.[17] French and international sales are handled by Paris-based company Charades.[18]

Reception

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Critical response

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Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[19]

Awards and nominations

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Lumière Awards 20 January 2025 Best Actor Paul Kircher Pending [20]
Best Male Revelation Sayyid El Alami Pending
Best Music Amaury Chabauty Pending
Seville European Film Festival 16 November 2024 Golden Giraldillo Ludovic Boukherma and Zoran Boukherma Won [21]
Best Actor Paul Kircher Won
Venice Film Festival 7 September 2024 Golden Lion Ludovic Boukherma and Zoran Boukherma Nominated [22]
Marcello Mastroianni Award Paul Kircher Won [23]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Leurs enfants après eux". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Keslassy, Elsa (18 May 2023). "French Hitmakers Hugo Selignac, Alain Attal Set for Banner 2024 With Studiocanal and Netflix on Gilles Lellouche's 'L'Amour Ouf,' and With WB, HBO Max on Boukherma Brothers' Next Film (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ^ Tartaglione, Andreas Wiseman,Nancy (7 September 2024). "Venice Winners: Pedro Almodóvar's 'The Room Next Door' Wins The Golden Lion; Also Wins For Nicole Kidman, Brady Corbet, 'I'm Still Here' & More". Deadline. Retrieved 7 September 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Zoran et Ludovic Boukherma : les réalisateurs lot-et-garonnais vont adapter un prix Goncourt". SudOuest.fr (in French). 20 May 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Cerniglia, Pietro (24 August 2024). "Venezia '81: E i figli dopo di loro, il romanzo di Mathieu diventa film in concorso". The Wom (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b Lodge, Guy (31 August 2024). "'And Their Children After Them' Review: A Delinquent Crime Echoes Through the Years In an Overblown Youth Melodrama". Variety. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Lemercier, Fabien (5 October 2023). "End of filming is in sight for And Their Children After Them". Cineuropa. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  8. ^ Combe, Arnaud (11 July 2023). "Les frères Boukherma adaptent le Prix Goncourt de Nicolas Mathieu avec Paul Kircher". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  9. ^ Oury, Antoine (5 July 2023). "Leurs enfants après eux : le Goncourt 2018 au cinéma en 2024". ActuaLitté (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Moselle. Des scènes de Leurs enfants après eux tournées dans la commune". www.republicain-lorrain.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Jœuf. Entrez dans l'univers du tournage du film "Leurs enfants après eux"". www.republicain-lorrain.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Moselle. À Nilvange, avec les figurants du film Leurs enfants après eux". www.republicain-lorrain.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Cinéma. Le tournage du film "Leurs enfants après eux" est passé dans les Vosges". www.vosgesmatin.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  14. ^ Boukherma, Zoran [@zoranboukherma] (10 October 2023). "Ce matin à 6h, sur l'embarcadère du Lac de Pierre-Percée, après 55 jours d'un travail titanesque, nous achevons non sans quelques larmes le tournage de Notre quatrième long-métrage Leurs Enfants Après Eux, adaptation du roman de@nicolasmathieuet à ce jour, Notre film le plus personnel". Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024 – via Instagram.
  15. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (23 July 2024). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: 'Joker: Folie A Deux', Almodovar, Guadagnino, Kurzel, Larrain & More In Competition – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Les distributeurs ajustent leurs line-ups". Boxoffice Pro (in French). 31 May 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  17. ^ Mang, Lolita (7 September 2024). "Paul Kircher vient de remporter le prix de la révélation à la Mostra de Venise pour Leurs enfants après eux". Vogue France (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  18. ^ Leffler, Rebecca. "Charades boards pair of starry Warner Bros France features (exclusive)". Screen International. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  19. ^ "And Their Children After Them". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  20. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (12 December 2024). "'Emilia Pérez' Leads Nominations For French Lumière Awards". Deadline. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  21. ^ "'And Their Children After Them', de los hermanos Boukherma, gana el Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla". EFE. 16 November 2024.
  22. ^ Roxborough, Scott (23 July 2024). "'Joker 2,' 'Maria,' 'Wolfs' in Venice Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  23. ^ Tartaglione, Wiseman, Nancy, Andreas (7 September 2024). "Venice Winners: 'The Room Next Door' Wins The Golden Lion; Also Wins For Nicole Kidman, Brady Corbet, 'I'm Still Here' & More". Deadline. Retrieved 7 September 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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