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THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE(Le Premier jour du reste de ta vie) 2009 César award for Best Editing, Most Promising actress/actor for Déborah François and Marc-André Grondin U.S. Premiere Drama/Comedy France, 2008 In French with English subtitles 35mm/2.35:1/Color/Dolby SRD DTS/114 min Written & Directed by: Rémi Bezançon Cinematography by: Antoine Monod Editing by: Sophie Reine Original Music by: Sinclair Produced by: Éric & Nicolas Altmayer, Isabelle Grellat Production Company: Mandarin Cinéma, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma International sales: STUDIOCANAL 1, place du Spectacle 92863 Issy-les Moulineaux Tel: +33 1 71 35 35 35 www.studiocanal.com With: Jacques Gamblin (Robert), Zabou Breitman (Marie-Jeanne), Déborah François (Fleur), Marc-André Grondin (Raphaël), Pio Marmaï (Albert), Cécile Cassel (Prune), Sarah Cohen-Hadria (Clara), Aymeric Cormerais (Sacha), François-Xavier Demaison (Doctor Marcaurel), Roger Dumas (Pierre), Philippe Lefèbvre (Philippe), Gilles Lellouche (White Rasta), Camille de Pazzis (Moïra), Jean-Jacques Vanier (Mathias Moreau), Stanley Weber (Éric) www.lepremierjour-lefilm.com The First Day of the Rest of Your Life portrays the life of a middle-class French family one character at a time, focusing on five pivotal moments that changed their lives and that of the family as a whole, starting with the day their son Albert (newcomer Pio Marmaï) moves out to live on his own. As events unfold individually for Marie-Jeanne (Zabou Breitman, Someone I Loved, Beautiful Memories [COL•COA Classics 2009]), Robert (Jacques Gamblin, Safe Conduct (COL•COA 2002), Hell Train) and their three children, the film shows the consequences on the other members of the family and the way they relate to each other. Respectively playing daughter Fleur and son Raphaël, Déborah François and Marc-André Grondin were awarded a 2009 César for Most Promising Actress/Actor. ABOUT REMI BEZANÇON A graduate of the École du Louvre and the film school ESRA, Rémi Bezançon wrote and directed various short films including Vikings (2001) and Paraboles (2003), before co-writing his first feature film Women For Sale (2004) with Jean-Claude Jean. He made his debut feature as Writer-Director in 2005 with the critically acclaimed Love Is in the Air (COL•COA 2005), starring Vincent Elbaz and Marion Cotillard (A Very Long Engagement, La Vie en Rose, COL•COA 2007). A critical and commercial success, The First Day of the Rest of Your Life is his second feature. He is currently working with Vanessa Portal on the adaptation of Eliette Abécassis’ novel, A Happy Event. PRESS “Five days in the life of an average Parisian family are put under the microscope in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life. Helmer Remi Bezancon's sophomore effort largely succeeds in creating that fuzzy feeling through a potent blend of thesping, camerawork and music…” (Variety) “Intelligently cast with attractive actors who convince as blood relatives, this bittersweet comedy achieves the neat trick of being unmistakably French but undeniably universal. (…) Bezancon is creative in the ways his characters confront issues big and small. In fact, the family touchstones are so evocatively handled that even somebody raised in an orphanage should be able to relate.” (Screen International) Followed by a discussion with Writer/Director Rémi Bezançon |