Jean-Pierre Bacri and Isabelle Huppert will start on March 16 shooting in Luxembourg Tout de suite maintenant by Pascal Bonitzer (Cineuropa March 3, 2015)

Fabien Lemercier reports for Cineuropa:

 Shoot about to kick off for Tout de suite maintenant
by Fabien Lemercier 03/03/2015 -

Agathe Bonitzer, Vincent Lacoste, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Isabelle Huppert and Lambert Wilson feature in the cast of the new film by Pascal Bonitzer, produced by SBS

On 16 March, the six-week shoot will get under way in Luxembourg for the seventh feature film by Pascal Bonitzer: the Franco-Luxembourgish co-production Tout de suite maintenant (lit. “Now, and I Mean Now”). The cast of the new opus by the director of Encore (winner of the Jean Vigo Award in 1996 and nominated for the César Award for Best Debut in 1997), Small Cuts (in competition at Berlin in 2003) and Looking for Hortense (out of and popular in Coming Home ), Vincent Lacoste (nominated for the César Award for Best Actor in 2015 for Hippocrates ), Jean-Pierre Bacri (nominated four times for the César Award for Best Actor, including in 2001 for The Taste of Others and in 2013 for Looking for Hortense), star actress Isabelle Huppert (who continues to work on one shoot after another at a very steady pace, and will be seen shortly in such titles as Louder Than Bombs and The Valley of Love), Lambert Wilson (nominated three times for the César Award for Best Actor, particularly in 2011 for Of Gods and Men ) and Pascal Greggory (nominated for the César Award for Best Actor in 1999 and 2001, and for Best Supporting Actor in 2008 for La Vie en Rose)....To read all the article click here

Jean-Pierre Bacri would star with Isabelle Huppert in Tout de suite maintenant by Pascal Bonitzer - Sources: Unifrance & Sbs Distribution

 According to the Sbs distribution site and Unifrance Jean-Pierre Bacri would star with Isabelle Huppert, Agathe Bonitzer, Vincent Lacoste in Tout de suite maintenant by Pascal Bonitzer. The  Shooting should start in Mid-March.



This is the synopsis: Nora Sator (Agathe Bonitzer), a dynamic young woman in her late 20s, early 30s, just starting at mergers & acquisitions outfit AB Finance, learns that her boss, Arnaud Barsac , and her father Serge (Bacri), a researcher forced into early retirement, knew each other back in the day and that a mysterious hostility divided them, or continues to divide them. The mystery deepens when Barsac invites Nora to his house, apparently to write an urgent report. There, she meets Solveig, Barsac's wife, who also clearly knew Serge and harbors strong feelings about him. Even so, Nora makes a bright start

and soon progresses within the company, but not without arousing the animosity of her coworker Xavier, whose good looks catch the eye of Maya, Nora's sister. Family secrets, romantic adventures and career paths become inextricably tangled until a resolution that sees certain destinies shattered.


 Bacri so returns to work with Pascal Bonitzer who has already directed him in Cherchez Hortense, and with Agathe Bonitzer, who played one of the main characters in Au bout Du Conte by Agnes Jaoui.


For more details on the cast & crew click here and here.

Interviews by Le soleil with jean-Pierre Bacri and Pascal Bonitzer about Cherchez Hortense (August 24) - Article in french

Interviews by the canadian newspaperLe soleil with jean-Pierre Bacri and Pascal Bonitzer about Cherchez Hortense  (August 24)  that will be released in canada on August 30 - Article in french:

Un rôle sur mesure: Jean-Pierre Bacri a retrouvé le goût du jeu avec Cherchez Hortense

Jean-Pierre Bacri fume à la fenêtre en attendant notre arrivée. Mais il s'assied immédiatement, affable et détendu. Et pour cause. Son interprétation bouleversante et nuancée de Damien dans Cherchez Hortense, de Pascal Bonitzer, lui a valu des critiques dithyrambiques. Le grand acteur a retrouvé la flamme et le goût du jeu avec ce personnage qui perd soudainement tous ses repères.

To read all the interview click here

The Observer & The independent reviews for Looking for hortense (Cherchez Hortense) with Jean-Pierre Bacri and Kristin Scott Thomas (August 2013)

Some extracts from the positive reviews on the observer and The Independent for Looking for Hortense (Cherchez Hortense) by pascal Bonitzer with Jean-Pierre Bacri and Kristin Scott Thomas that debuted in Great Britain last weekend:

 By Geoffrey Macnab for The Independent:
"Pascal Bonitzer's droll, very French comedy benefits from a wonderful performance from Jean-Pierre Bacri as a crumpled, middle-aged academic with a messy private life."... "The script is convoluted and heavy on coincidence, but Bonitzer squeezes out plenty of humour from the increasingly desperate behaviour of his lead character. Scott Thomas is equally impressive as the haughty Iva, who almost immediately regrets her affair"... To read all the review click here

 From Philip French for The Observer:
"In this attractive family drama, Pascal Bonitzer, a former critic for Cahiers du Cinéma, is surprisingly close to the traditional, neatly turned middle-class cinéma de papa that Truffaut and other new wave directors scorned. Both of them exuding characteristic intelligence,Jean-Pierre Bacri and Kristin Scott Thomasplay a well-off Parisian couple with an adolescent son". To read all the review click here

Cherchez Hortense (Looking for hortense) - Interviews with Bacri (videos)

Some video interviews with Bacri for Cherchez Hortense by pascal Bonitzer, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Isabelle Carrè that opens today in Great Britain (videos in French):
Rencontre avec Jean Pierre Bacri di rendezvouscine

From RTBF:

Cherchez Hortense (looking for hortense) with Bonitzer and Scott- Thomas last year at Venice Film Festival (videos)

Cherchez Hortense (Looking for Hortense that opens today in Great Britain, was last year out of competition at venice film festival. Here there are some videos from the press conference and the red carpet with Bonitzer, Scott-Thomas and Carrè (bacri wasn't there):

Very positive reviews for Looking for Hortense with Bacri and Scott Thomas from Sky Movies and Empire

Some of the new positive reviews from english media Sky, Empire, for Looking for Hortense (Cherchez Hortense), By pascal Bonitzer with Jean-Pierre Bacri, Isabelle Carrè and Kristin scott Thomas. The movie will be out in Uk on August 9.



From Sky Movies
 "Bacri's Damien nimbly shifts between the comedy of frustration and genuinely moving melodrama. Success with his father would elevate Damien in his wife’s eyes and may even rekindle a spark in their marriage. Scott Thomas is on typical top form as Damien’s theatre director spouse Iva, rapidly losing interest in her husband and basically estranged from their acerbic adolescent son Noe (the witheringly droll Marin Orcand Tourrès). to read all the review click here

From Empire: "Despite never quite concealing its climactic twist, this is an astute social satire that uses the break-up of a bourgeois marriage to assess France's position in an ever-changing world. Eloquently scripted and exceptionally played, this is chic, if self-consciously slick". to read all the review click here

Official NZ Poster & trailer for Looking for Hortense (Cherchez Hortense) by Pascal Bonitzer with Jean-Pierre Bacri, that will be released in New Zealand on August 1

Official NZ Poster and trailer from Rialto Distribution for Looking for Hortense (Cherchez Hortense) by Pascal Bonitzer with Jean-Pierre Bacri and Kristin Scott-Thomas. The movie will be released in New Zealand on August 1:

Cherchez Hortense by Pascal Bonitzer with Jean-Pierre Bacri will be released in Holland on July 18

Cherchez Hortense by Pascal Bonitzer with Jean-Pierre Bacri, Kristin Scott-Thomas and Isabelle Carrè will be released in Holland on July 18.

Here's the synopsis from Film Vandaag in dutch:

"Synopsis Damien, een professor gespecialiseerd in de Chinese beschaving, wordt door zijn vrouw onder druk gezet om zijn vader, een hoge ambtenaar, te contacteren in verband met Zaria Velickovic, een vrouw die niet over de nodige verblijfspapieren beschikt. Iets vragen aan zijn vader is voor Damien echter een ware marteling, iets wat hij dan weer niet aan zijn vrouw durft toe te geven....To read the rest click here


Trailer in French

Cherchez Hortense By Bonitzer with Jean-Pierre Bacri will be at French Outdoor Screenings in Budapest on July 22

Cherchez Hortense By Bonitzer with Jean-Pierre Bacri will be at French Outdoor Screenings in Budapest on July 22. The details from the official programme (in French):



 22 Juillet « Cherchez Hortense » Pascal Bonitzer, 2012, 100’ Comédie française Avec : Jean-Pierre Bacri, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Isabelle Carré Damien, professeur de civilisation chinoise, vit tranquillement avec sa femme metteur en scène de théâtre, et leur fils Noé. Pour éviter à une certaine Zorica d’être expulsée, Damien se trouve un jour piégé par sa femme, qui le somme de demander l’aide de son père, conseiller d’Etat. Cette mission hasardeuse plonge Damien dans une spirale qui va bouleverser sa vie. Sélection à la Mostra de Venise - 2012 langue : FR ; sous-titres : EN To read the programme click here

Looking for Hortense (Cherchez Hortense) with Bacri would be released in Uk on August 9 - The British poster

From: HeyGuys


Exclusive: New Poster for Looking for Hortense with Jean-Pierre Bacri & Kristin Scott Thomas
July 1, 2013 By Kenji Lloyd

Pascal Bonitzer’s Looking for Hortense (Cherchez Hortense, in the original French) is finally set to arrive on our shores this summer, having debuted at Venice last year to positive early reviews. The film earned two nominations at the César Awards earlier in the year, the French equivalent of the Oscars. And with its August UK release date just a few weeks away, we’ve got the new UK quad poster to exclusively share. Looking For Hortense is a bittersweet ‘comedie de moeurs’ that is French in spirit but universal in appeal. Damien (Jean-Pierre Bacri), a Chinese civilization professor, lives with his partner, Iva (Kristin Scott Thomas), a stage director, and their son Noé...To read all the article click here

Cherchez Hortense (Looking for Hortense) with Bacri and Du vent dans mes mollets (The Dandelions) with Jaoui at Boston French Film Festival (July 11- 28)

Cherchez Hortense (Looking for Hortense) by Pascal Bonitzer with Jean-Pierre Bacri and Du vent dans mes mollets (The Dandelions) by Carine Tardieu with Agnes Jaoui are in the program at Boston French Film Festival (July 11- 28) at Museum of Fine Arts:



  The Dandelions Thu, Jul 25, 8 pm (RA) Sun, Jul 28, 1 pm (RA) The Dandelions (Du vent dans mes mollets) by Carine Tardieu (France, 2012, 89 min.). Sassy nine-year-old Rachel lives with her adoring but overprotective mother (Agnès Jaoui) and distracted Holocaust survivor father (Denis Podalydès) in 1980s provincial France. Rachel forms a bond with her eccentric child psychologist Madame Trebla (Isabella Rossellini) and a new best friend, wild-child classmate Valérie. Featuring engaging performances by a cast of A-list actors, The Dandelions brims with quirky charm and humor, imaginative production design, and an unpredictable story suspended between realism, pathos, and flights of fancy. “Sweetly entertaining” (Variety). Co-presented by The National Center for Jewish Film.

  Looking for Hortense Sat, Jul 27, 8:15 pm (RA) Sun, Jul 28, 6 pm (RA) Looking for Hortense (Cherchez Hortense) by Pascal Bonitzer (France, 2012, 97 min.). With mounting pressure from his partner Iva (Kristin Scott Thomas), Damien (Jean-Pierre Bacri) needs to muster the courage to approach his father (Claude Rich), a high-ranking state judge, for a favor regarding an illegal immigrant named Zorica, a person he doesn’t even know. As his relationship with Iva crumbles, he meets Aurore (Isabelle Carré), a woman who seems to provide the spark his life is missing.

  Here's all the Festival program:

Boston French Film festival 2013 Program (July, 11 - 28 2013)