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Claude Lelouch Recalls Collaboration With ‘A Man And A Woman’/‘Chabadabada’ Composer Francis Lai – Venice
The 52-year, 35-picture collaboration between Lelouch and Lai was at the heart of a masterclass by the director at the Venice Film Festival
The director is at the festival to receive the Cartier Glory To The Filmmaker Award as well as for the premiere of new work Finalement, starring an ensemble cast led by Kad Merad and also featuring Elsa Zylberstain, Michel Boujenah, Sandrine Bonnaire, Barbara Pravi and Françoise Gillard. Lelouch explained how he used the score on set of a Love Is A Funny Thing – starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Annie Girardot as a French composer and actress who meet while working in L.A. Lelouch did not make all his films with Lai, collaborating with other composers such as Michel Legrand, and even bringing their talents together on Bolero, the 1981 saga tracking three generations of musicians and dancers from Russia, Germany, France and the U.S.
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