Never Ever (French: À jamais) is a 2016 mystery romance film directed by Benoît Jacquot, starring Mathieu Amalric and Julia Roy. Roy also wrote the screenplay for the film, based on Don DeLillo's novel The Body Artist. The film had its world premiere at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on 9 September 2016.[2]
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| French | À jamais |
| Directed by | Benoît Jacquot |
| Screenplay by | Julia Roy |
| Based on | The Body Artist by Don DeLillo |
| Produced by | Paulo Branco |
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| Cinematography | Julien Hirsch |
| Edited by | Julia Gregory |
| Music by | Bruno Coulais |
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| Distributed by | Alfama Films (France) |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
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| Language | French |
| Box office | $77,659[1] |
Plot edit
A performance artist Laura meets a film director Rey. The two fall in love and get married. After Rey dies of a motorcycle accident, Laura feels alone in her house.
Cast edit
- Mathieu Amalric as Rey
- Julia Roy as Laura
- Jeanne Balibar as Isabelle
- Victória Guerra as Marie
- Elmano Sancho as the producer
- José Neto as the owner
- Hugo Pedro as journalist
Production edit
In 2013, it was reported that Luca Guadagnino would direct a film adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel The Body Artist and Isabelle Huppert, Denis Lavant, and David Cronenberg would star in the film.[3] In 2015, it was reported that Benoît Jacquot would direct the film and Mathieu Amalric and Jeanne Balibar would star in the film.[4] In that year, it was reported that Julia Roy had joined the cast.[5] Roy also wrote the screenplay for the film.[6] Filming took place in Portugal.[6]
Release edit
The film had its world premiere at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on 9 September 2016.[2] It was also screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival[7] and the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival.[8] It was released in France on 23 November 2016.[9]
Reception edit
Guy Lodge of Variety called the film "an enjoyably slinky but disposable divertissement from director Benoit Jacquot that is unlikely to leave viewers quite as haunted as its characters."[10] Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter commented that "it palpably aspires to be a classily highbrow kind of romantic ghost story with psychological thriller undertones, but falls laughably short of its goals."[11]
References edit
- ^ "Never Ever". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ a b "À jamais". Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Hopewell, John (29 January 2013). "Cronenberg, DeLillo, Branco reteam for 'Body Art'". Variety. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Jagernauth, Kevin (29 September 2015). "Mathieu Amalric To Star In Benoît Jacquot's Adaptation Of Don DeLillo's 'The Body Artist'". IndieWire. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (15 May 2015). "Emmanuelle Seigner joins 'Stalin's Couch'". Screen International. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ a b Lemercier, Fabien (10 December 2015). "Benoît Jacquot shooting Son corps in Portugal". Cineuropa. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Never Ever". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Never Ever". Tokyo International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Never Ever". Cineuropa. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (10 September 2016). "Film Review: 'Never Ever'". Variety. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Young, Neil (9 September 2016). "'Never Ever' ('A jamais'): Film Review | Venice 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
