Opening, Lie with Me and Q&A with Actors Julien de Saint Jean and Jérémy Gillet
The sensual yearning of Philippe Besson’s award-winning novel Lie with Me is writ large in director Olivier Peyon’s achingly tender adaptation. When celebrated author Stéphane (César Award-winning actor Guillaume de Tonquédec) reluctantly returns to his rural French hometown to accept an award, he’s forced to confront skeletons left in the closet decades ago. There’s something familiar about his ostensible tour guide, Lucas (Victor Belmondo, grandson of French acting legend Jean-Paul), something that stirs his memories of his first teenage love (and lust) Thomas (Julien de Saint Jean, also featured in Frameline47 film The Lost Boys).
With its bucolic rural European setting and parallel narratives set in the author’s youth as well as today, Peyon’s film combines the passion of Call Me by Your Name with a Proustian reflective wistfulness. However, Lie with Me stands on its own, a miraculous feat of adaptation with an uncommon understanding of queer sex and desire in both the spring and autumn of life.
Discussion
Q&A with actors - Jérémy Gillet and Julien De Saint Jean
Jérémy Gillet
Lie With Me was his first major film role. He and his acting partner Julien De Saint Jean met at school, which helped them forge a strong bond while shooting the film. Since then, he has appeared in Thomas Lilti's "A Serious Job" and Alain Tasma's series "A Dangerous Friendship" for France TV.
Julien De Saint Jean
From an early age, Julien De Saint Jean had a passion for cinema. At first, he was interested in directing but it was when he entered Lyon's Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional at the age of 15, that acting became an obvious choice. In addition to his role in the film “Lie with Me,” he starred in this year’s acclaimed film “Lost Boys,” which was successfully screened at Festheart in Tartu and Rakvere.
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