Happy event's behind-the-scenes production

The author of the original work talked about the theme of motherhood.

The author of the novel of the same name is Eliette Abecassis, a French female philosopher. Her works came out in 2005, which aroused strong repercussions in French society. The original author explained: "Barbara (the author's daughter) and I are very close, which is a fact. But after becoming a mother, to my surprise, the talk about motherhood around me is far from my feelings. I feel that everyone has not told me the truth, and everyone has concealed what actually happened when you had a child. The general impression of giving birth to a new life is that when a woman is pregnant, people will begin to fantasize that the baby is lying in his pink cradle, and satisfied parents will bend down and look down at the baby in the cradle, and so on. Actually, I don't feel exactly like this. In other words, it's the same, but not necessarily. This has become a real taboo today, and motherhood may be one of the few taboos left in today's society. "

The invincible louise bourgoin.

In the "Daily News" program of Canal+Channel, louise bourgoin was called "Miss Meteor". Since she left the TV station, she has acted in eight films in three years. Her film career began with fabrice luchini's appreciation. Fabrice luchini found her and invited her to take part in the competition for the film "Monaco Girl" directed by anne fontaine.

Regarding the role in this movie, louise bourgoin admitted: "I was never pregnant. Actually, I really want to play a pregnant woman, but I'm afraid of screwing it up. During the whole shooting process, this kind of worry never let me go. I am worried about my lack of experience in this field, so whenever I meet a pregnant woman, I will pester her to ask various questions. " In the crew, louise bourgoin is wanted because she often pesters pregnant women ... But in order to learn more about fertility, she still asks pregnant women all kinds of strange questions, including the makeup artist of the crew, Cendrine, who is seven months pregnant.

In order to play the role of expectant mother and new mother, louise bourgoin attended prenatal classes like a pregnant woman, learning how to breathe during labor contraction. After experiencing this simulated production, louise bourgoin joked: "I wonder if I should not experience this robbery in the future. I am so scared that I have no appetite. "

Before filming this film, louise bourgoin had little contact with the baby. It is not easy for her to get along with babies. However, gradually, she began to spend all day with the babies and let them play. She even spent a few Sundays with their families. About 50 people in the entire shooting team also adjusted their work plans with the baby's nap and breastfeeding time. Louise bourgoin recalled: "There were some moments that were fascinating. It's like breastfeeding. I can feel the baby sucking on my breast. At that moment, I didn't want to act, and a kind of maternal love made me tremble. "

Pio Marma? worked with Remy Besancon in his last film, The First Day of the Rest of My Life. This time, in order to cultivate the intimacy and tacit understanding between husband and wife with louise bourgoin, they spent time together. For example, like the real star couple, hiding from the paparazzi and taking the baby out for a walk.

Josiane Balasko and director Remy Besancon met at a grand ceremony in Athens. At that time, neither of them had seen each other's movies. They drank fennel spirits together and talked about other things. Later, they met again at a film festival in Los Angeles. Remy Besancon decided to show Josiah the script of the movie and invited her to play Grandma Claire. Attracted by the frank and rock-and-roll character of the 68-year-old woman in the play, Josiane Balasko readily accepted the invitation of the director.

How to deliver a delivery scenario?

The key scene of this film is about childbirth. Therefore, Antoine Monod, the chief photographer of the film, and Remy Besancon, the director of the film, did a lot of preparation and training before shooting. With the permission of the parents-to-be, they filmed real childbirth scenes for several couples, so they chose perfect angle to film the childbirth process and trained how to grasp the closest emotions. Remy Besancon, the director, recalled, "It was very shocking, and these trainings were very valuable to us when shooting the childbirth scene of the film."

This shot was shot in the studio for two days. There are fake drops, blood pressure measurements, intense spotlights and hot air in front of louise bourgoin's bulging abdominal prosthesis. As a result, louise bourgoin, who pretended to be pregnant, fainted in front of all this ... The director decided to put this fake moment in the final version of the film.

The structure of the whole film is also divided into two parts: before delivery and after delivery, which correspond to the imagination and reality of happy events respectively. Some details of the first part have changed in the second part. In order to highlight the difference between the two parts, the director used different film emulsions in different parts, which made the film show different effects. At first, the color of the film was saturated, and then it became slightly pale. The human body has always maintained a certain aesthetic feeling in the whole film, and the director wants to take this opportunity to counter people's usual impression that pregnant women are asexual.

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The cast of this film was actually formed by the director Jean-Paul Ha Pi Nuo, who always wanted to make a film called Strange Connection. However, since the film project was never put on the agenda, Jean-paul pi Noe suggested that Remy Besancon directly lead the cast to shoot a happy event.