The Speech | |
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Directed by | Laurent Tirard |
Screenplay by | Laurent Tirard |
Based on | Le Discours by Fabrice Caro |
Produced by | Olivia Lagache |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Emmanuel Soyer |
Edited by | Valérie Deseine |
Music by | Mathieu Lamboley |
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Distributed by | Le Pacte |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
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Language | French |
Box office | $3 million [1] |
The Speech ( French: Le Discours) is a 2020 Franco-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Laurent Tirard, based on the 2018 novel Le Discours by Fabrice Caro. It stars Benjamin Lavernhe and Sara Giraudeau. [2] The film was selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. It screened at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival on 1 September 2020. It was released in France on 9 June 2021.
The Speech was produced by Olivia Lagache for Les Films sur Mesure, and co-produced by Le Pacte, France 2 Cinéma, and the Belgian company Scope Pictures. [3]
Principal photography began on 21 October 2019, [4] and lasted six weeks, wrapping on 2 December in Paris. [3]
The Speech was included in the Comedy Films section of the official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. [5] It was screened for press and industry in an online edition of the Cannes Marché du Film in June 2020. [6] [7] The film was subsequently selected to be screened at the 13th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, [8] where it had its world premiere on 1 September 2023. [9]
The film was initially scheduled to be released in theaters in France on 23 December 2020, which was rescheduled to March 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] As cinemas in France remained subject to outright closures, [11] the film was further postponed to an indefinite date. The Speech was finally released in France on 9 June 2021 by Le Pacte. [12] The film was distributed in Belgium on 23 June by Cinéart. [13]
The Speech received an average rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 30 reviews. [14]
Cineuropa's Vittoria Scarpa gave the film a positive review, noting its "subtle sense of melancholy which lends depth to the story and resonates with the viewer". [15] La Nación's Milagros Amondaray gave the film a similarly positive review, concluding that "[w]hen it isn't cheesy or forced, The Speech is a welcome celebration of mistakes." [16] Clarín's Nazareno Brega gave the film a negative review, finding the main character unlikeable and annoying. [17]
The Speech | |
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Directed by | Laurent Tirard |
Screenplay by | Laurent Tirard |
Based on | Le Discours by Fabrice Caro |
Produced by | Olivia Lagache |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Emmanuel Soyer |
Edited by | Valérie Deseine |
Music by | Mathieu Lamboley |
Production companies |
|
Distributed by | Le Pacte |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 87 minutes |
Countries |
|
Language | French |
Box office | $3 million [1] |
The Speech ( French: Le Discours) is a 2020 Franco-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Laurent Tirard, based on the 2018 novel Le Discours by Fabrice Caro. It stars Benjamin Lavernhe and Sara Giraudeau. [2] The film was selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. It screened at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival on 1 September 2020. It was released in France on 9 June 2021.
The Speech was produced by Olivia Lagache for Les Films sur Mesure, and co-produced by Le Pacte, France 2 Cinéma, and the Belgian company Scope Pictures. [3]
Principal photography began on 21 October 2019, [4] and lasted six weeks, wrapping on 2 December in Paris. [3]
The Speech was included in the Comedy Films section of the official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. [5] It was screened for press and industry in an online edition of the Cannes Marché du Film in June 2020. [6] [7] The film was subsequently selected to be screened at the 13th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, [8] where it had its world premiere on 1 September 2023. [9]
The film was initially scheduled to be released in theaters in France on 23 December 2020, which was rescheduled to March 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] As cinemas in France remained subject to outright closures, [11] the film was further postponed to an indefinite date. The Speech was finally released in France on 9 June 2021 by Le Pacte. [12] The film was distributed in Belgium on 23 June by Cinéart. [13]
The Speech received an average rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 30 reviews. [14]
Cineuropa's Vittoria Scarpa gave the film a positive review, noting its "subtle sense of melancholy which lends depth to the story and resonates with the viewer". [15] La Nación's Milagros Amondaray gave the film a similarly positive review, concluding that "[w]hen it isn't cheesy or forced, The Speech is a welcome celebration of mistakes." [16] Clarín's Nazareno Brega gave the film a negative review, finding the main character unlikeable and annoying. [17]