The Rose Maker
The Rose Maker (French: La fine fleur) is a French comedy film, directed by Pierre Pinaud and released in 2020.[2]
| The Rose Maker | |
|---|---|
| French | La fine fleur | 
| Directed by | Pierre Pinaud | 
| Written by | Fadette Drouard Philippe Le Guay Pierre Pinaud | 
| Produced by | Stéphanie Carreras Philippe Pujo | 
| Starring | Catherine Frot Olivia Côte Rukkmini Ghosh | 
| Cinematography | Guillaume Deffontaines | 
| Edited by | Valérie Deseine Loïc Lallemand | 
| Music by | Mathieu Lamboley | 
| Production companies | Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma Estrella Productions France 3 Cinéma | 
| Distributed by | Charades Diaphana Films Music Box Films | 
| Release date | 
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| Running time | 105 minutes | 
| Country | France | 
| Language | French | 
| Box office | $2.8 million[1] | 
The film stars Catherine Frot as Eve Vernet, a formerly successful rose grower on the verge of bankruptcy, who hires three workers with no horticultural skills and must train them to help save her business.[3] The cast also includes Fatsah Bouyahmed, Olivier Breitman, Olivia Côte, Vincent Dedienne, Melan Omerta and Marie Petiot.[4]
The film entered production in 2019.[4]
The film premiered on 29 August 2020 at the Angoulême Film Festival.[5] It was subsequently screened at several francophone or bilingual film festivals in Canada, including the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival[6] and the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival.[7] It is slated to premiere commercially in 2021.[8]
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- "The Rose Maker (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- Pierre Vavasseur, "Festival du film francophone : le cinéma reprend des forces à Angoulême". Le Parisien, 2 September 2020.
- Elsa Keslassy, "Cannes: Charades Boards ‘The Rose Maker,’ ‘Lynn + Lucy,’ ‘Africa Mia’". Variety, 7 May 2019.
- Fabien Lemercier, "Catherine Frot filming The Rose Maker". Cineuropa, 10 October 2019.
- Fabien Lemercier, "Angoulême unveils a tantalising line-up". Cineuropa, 10 July 2020.
- David Friend, "Cinefest showcases two episodes of Trickster on Thursday". Sudbury Star, 23 September 2020.
- Marie-Hélène Paquin, "52 films présentés en première au Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue". Ici Radio-Canada Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 20 October 2020.
- "Catherine Frot : 'La scène me manque'". France Musique, 26 October 2020.