''All About Mothers'' (french: La Fête des mères, lit=Mother's Day) is a 2018 French film written, directed and produced by
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar (born 26 January 1963) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter. She is most noted for her 2016 film ''Heaven Will Wait (Le Ciel attendra)'', for which she was a nominee for the Lumières Award for Best Sc ...
.
Cast
Production
The shooting of the film began on September 21, 2017. For the scenes shot at the
Élysée Palace
The Élysée Palace (french: Palais de l'Élysée; ) is the official residence of the President of the French Republic. Completed in 1722, it was built for nobleman and army officer Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, who had been appointed Gover ...
, President
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...
and Élysée officials agreed to lend the hallway and the courtyard. President
François Hollande
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. He previously was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from ...
had allowed director Mention-Schaar to visit his private apartments before he left office. Having realized these were
Haussmann-style apartments, Mention-Schaar found smaller similar apartments for the shooting. The desk was recreated in a Paris ''
hôtel particulier'' with a decorum similar to Élysée's.
References
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La Fêtes des mères',
UniFrance
2018 films
French comedy-drama films
Films shot in Paris
2010s French-language films
2018 drama films
Films directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
2010s French films
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