Mathieu Amalric

YR: How was working with Julian and how interactive was the shooting?
Mathieu Amalric: We did talk and rehearse before the film but when the shooting started, we did it very fast because Julian makes few takes. He didn't want to make a sentimental film so he brought it down. There was a lot of drama already so he wanted to bring life to it. For example for a scene at the beach, we had four days scheduled because it was an important scene but he did it in one day. We finished the film 10 days earlier. He also didn't want the voice over scene to be done months later in the post production. I was in a different room with headset and microphone. He did my voice overs hearing the actors performing in front of the camera. I felt sorry for the actors because there wasn't anything I could do to help them.