THE SON Film Project (Potential SPOILERS)

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"It's a very emotional movie"

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Presumably the above Hugh post was in connection to this --

Jul 12, 2021 8:22:35 GMT -5 jo said:

This is interesting --


*Will the baby son be replaced by a young boy?

*or will the teenage son be replaced by a young boy?

Or is this another character in the story?


Why is the casting in Paris when the movie will be filmed in NYC?


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It is beginning to look like that the movie will have a cosmopolitan air --

London
South of France
New York ( announced as last leg of filming)


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It did not seem that he was both working and having a break ...

besides he got to indulged in French breakfast food (Remember the arguments on what to call what most know as "pain au chocolat" and what French purists call chocolatine...although this time, his photos featured a huge croissant ).

I wonder why they seemed to have been in quite a few places on the Mediterranean -- or did they just film in one area and Hugh spent a few more days enjoying the blue-skies-blue-waters-sumptuous-food

I am very curious -- because there were no such scenes taking place in Southern France in the play -- maybe Zeller & Hampton are adding to the film adaptation storyline for greater interest?

On a personal note, I once collected home videos of movies where Southern France was the setting ( particularly the Cote D'Azur, aka French Riviera, such as The Talented Mr. Ripley, Affair To Remember, To Catch A Thief, Bonjour Tristesse, A Good Year- RCrowe/MCotillard) -- it is such a beautiful place.

On another personal note - once, on a Monaco Formula-1 related trip, we took a train from Nice to Monaco. But it was not just a train -- it was a panoramic view train ( one side had very, wide windows - for tourist viewing) and it was breathtaking because we were high up over the blue Mediterranean. Monaco itself is like a fairy-tale place...But one of the secret places to visit in Provence -near Nice - is the fabled artist colony of St Paul de Vence! Very beautiful and inspiring place. despite the fact that there is no other way but to navigate its hilly cobblestone and winding streets on foot. Beyond the hilltop village is a very famous restaurant - Colombe D'Or. It is famous because in earlier times, that is where many famous artists came to stay -- and some left their own work sometimes to pay for their lodging. A veritable art gallery of impressionist/post-impressionist art! Quite nearby is an outdoor museum which features many of Alexander Calder's mobile sculptures (Foundation Maeght)

The area of the south is where artists like Van Gogh, Matisse et al used to paint.

One of the famous hilltop towns is Grasse - where they grow most of the flowers that end up in one's favorite French perfume!

On the hills is also the place to find naturally growing herbs all over the place ( such as rosemary,thyme,etc).

Dreamy hills and breathtaking waters!

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What about parsley and sage? 😂

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Lol - I mentioned about rosemary & thyme ( from the song) ... I actually saw them thriving in towns and hillsides and their strong scent mildly filled the air... but to be honest, I did not see any parsley...and not sure about seeing the gray-ish sage

Close to Nice is Cap Ferrat, which is called the playground of the rich.


www.iconicriviera.com/saint-jean-cap-ferrat-france-travel-guide/

Within it is a famous palatial mansion of Ephrussi de Rothschild. It is not so much about the beautiful pink mansion that drew a gasp from me. It was seeing the 7 major types of gardens that surrounded the palatial place. How they can co-exist is a climate wonder - maybe because the Mediterranean climate is in many parts sub-tropical?

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One of Florian Zeller's comedies was staged in Melbourne.

Alongside was news that Zeller's next movie will feature Australian actors Hugh Jackman and Zen McGrath

- Nicholas?






It looks like he is one of 3 brothers who are/were child actors - Gulliver, Zen & Winta.

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A more recent photo ?

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http://instagram.com/p/CUoase4LRLw

According to Florian Zeller, there are still wrap-up scenes for the movie, to be filmed in New York.

Maybe Laura is no longer needed for those final scenes?


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It seems they might have completed the European leg in London ( after Southern France or was this before Southern France)?

But didn't Hugh say that he was flying homeward to NYC from Southern France?

Lol - shooting a movie does not follow a logical timetable


Posted by Florian Zeller --

http://instagram.com/p/CUSysiuAP6V

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From a reply to Laura Dern's Instagram post --

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THE SON?! I saw it in London and it was ASTOUNDING. How exciting 😱🎬

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Translated from Portuguese by Google

According to GQ, Sir Anthony Hopkins will be in 'The Son', the new film by Florian Zeller, the director of 'The Father'.

Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby and Zen McGrath are in the cast of the feature film that has already been filmed.

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www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/anthony-hopkins-interview

He spent the pandemic engaged in two of his passions – piano and painting – but is eager to get back to his first love. Next month he’s set to work again with the director of The Father, Florian Zeller, in a project called The Son, and has another film lined up after that.

Also interesting - re the quality of the written word from playwright Florian Zeller (Hopkins is referring to The Father but it gives an insight on the quality of work by Zeller):

You always speak very practically when it comes to acting – that it’s no more than reading the lines – but you did say once that you still have to know to turn on “that electricity”. What exactly do you mean by that?

Well, actually, I don’t think there’s any such thing, but I think acting found me. I had no plan to be an actor. And I don’t make it sound so heavy that it’s destiny, but I think roles choose you, in a way, and that’s what happened with The Father. I’d heard about the play, I read the script and I phoned my agent and I said, “Yes, definitely do this!” This was one of those rare scripts: so well written, so well defined, so clear. But the power is the word. You give flesh to the word – the great Peter O’Toole said that. So there’s no acting skill required, in a way. And not just vocal clarity, but clarity of thought, clarity of intention. You don’t need to dress it up in anything else. I didn’t have to go and visit old people’s homes to meet dementia patients. And when you get the right combinations – like Jodie Foster in The Silence Of The Lambs or Peter O’Toole in The Lion In Winter or Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams in The Father – then life is easy. And I love the preparation. I found my script [of The Father] just the other day. And I go over the scenes many, many obsessive times.

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The man who opened the door and ran back to the filming crew is the director Florian Zeller.



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