Two Hamburg films in the Cannes competition

Helge AlbersCEO of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein: "Hamburg in the 1920s has rarely looked better than in 'The Story of my Wife'. With Ildikó Enyedi, a great Director has taken on the novel by Hungarian Script Writer Milán Füst. We are very much looking forward to seeing places like Hamburg's Speicherstadt on the big screen in Cannes in July and are keeping our fingers crossed for the Berlin production company Komplizen Film and the entire crew. Further congratulations go to Hamburg-based Executive Producer Dorothe Beinemeier from Red Balloon Film, who is also in the competition with 'France'."

More about "The Story of my Wife" Based on the 1942 book by Hungarian Script Writer Milán Füst, "The Story of my Wife" tells the story of Captain Jacob (played by Gijs Naber), who marries the first woman to enter the room on a coffee house bet. The woman in question is Lizzy (played by Léa Seydoux). The film is set in Hamburg and Paris in the 1920s. In April 2019, the team led by Hungarian Director and Script Writer Ildikó Enyedi spent ten days filming in Hamburg - including in the Speicherstadt warehouse district and the harbour. The love story about Captain Jacob Störr is a European co-production between Hungary, Germany, Italy and France; the German Executive Producer is Komplizen Film (including Toni Erdmann) from Berlin. The film was supported by Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein with 450,000 euros in production funding.

More about "France" Paris: Star journalist France de Meurs is busy with her life as a talk show presenter, war reporter, mother and wife. After a car accident in which she injures a scooter driver, her well-ordered world spirals out of control. But France de Meurs manages everything. With a twinkle in her eye, she starts all over again. Directors and Script Writer Bruno Dumont's film was supported by Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein with 100,000 euros in production funding. Co-producer is the Hamburg-based company Red Balloon Film.

The 74th Cannes International Film Festival takes place this year from 6 to 17 July.

Here you will findtwo photos for free use in the context of reporting if the credits are mentioned:

The Story of my Wife set photo Speicherstadt (from left) Jonas Dornbach (Executive Producer Komplizen Film), Ildikó Enyedi, Léa Seydoux, Gijs Naber, FFHSH CEO Helge Albers, Janine Jackowski (Executive Producer Komplizen Film) Copyright: Hanna Csata The Story of my Wife film still (from left) es Léa Seydoux, Gijs Naber and Louis Garrel Copyright: Films Boutique