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It’s been two years since his latest feature and English-language debut, The Sisters Brothers, premiered at the 2018 Venice Film Festival, and as Variety reports, Jacques Audiard is back on set with Les Olympiades.

It’s quite the jump from his black comedy western, though: This one is based on Adrian Tomine’s Killing and Dying and will feature female protagonists in a story of adolescence. A cartoonist for the likes of The New Yorker, Tomine’s collection of short stories debuted in 2015 upon which A. O. Scott described the book as “certainly invit[ing] comparison to the work of words-only short-form masters like Raymond Carver, Ann Beattie, and Mary Gaitskill, and for that matter O. Henry himself” despite its graphic novel format.

Audiard co-wrote the adaptation with Léa Mysius and Céline Sciamma. Christel Baras is the project’s casting director, reprising her role from Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers, Sciamma...

"She thinks you're a companion for walks." Neon has released a new official Us trailer for Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year and just played at the Toronto Film Festival this weekend. Written & directed by Céline Sciamma, the film won Best Screenplay and the Queer Palme at Cannes and is picking up even more rave reviews after premiering at Tiff. Set on an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a rebellious young woman. The two soon fall madly in love with each other. Noémie Merlant co-stars with Adèle Haenel, and a cast including Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger, Guy Delamarche, and Clément Bouyssou. It's one of the very best films of the year, beloved by all those who have had a chance...

"I came here to paint you." Madman Films in Australia has unveiled the first official trailer (with English subtitles) for Portrait of a Lady on Fire, the award-winning, acclaimed romantic drama from Cannes Film Festival this year. Written & directed by Céline Sciamma, the film went on to win Best Screenplay and the Queer Palme at Cannes, even though it deserved more - for the acting, the direction, and everything else. Set on an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. The two soon fall madly in love with each other. Noémie Merlant co-stars with Adèle Haenel, and a small cast including Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger, Guy Delamarche, and Clément Bouyssou. This is a wonderful film, one of the very best of the year, and it comes highly recommended...