Lights, camera, covid: How French filmmakers are beating the virus
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10/03/2021 - 07:29
Designers on the set of 'Adieu Monsieur Haffmann' in Paris's Montmartre district. Production on the film, which takes place in Paris during WWII, was interrupted by a lockdown in March/April 2020. AFP - THOMAS COEX
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France’s film and TV industry is booming in spite of the venue closures that have throttled the performing arts scene.
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When France went into lockdown on 17 March last year, the cameras stopped turning.
“I was preparing a shoot with Raoul Peck in the Dominican Republic and they closed the border and said you have to go back to France,” recalls assistant director Laure Monrréal.