“Valerian” Besson, Fleur Pellerin prevented the death of French cinema – MetroNews

It has been successful. Last August, Luc Besson was afraid of having to relocate in Hungary shooting his next film, a costly adaptation of the comic book Valerian , estimated at about 170 million euros, if he was not entitled a tax credit. “In France, tax credits are 20% for French films and 30% for foreigners. But I am a French film in English, so I am entitled to 0% as a French film. In As a foreign film, I am entitled to 0% because the producer is French. I am in a legal hole “, he explained on RTL.

A heart cry heard from the Minister of Culture, Fleur Pellerin, who has decided to expand the measure as part of the Finance Bill for 2016. “This is good news. I did not necessarily want to go to Hungary,” responded Monday evening Luc Besson, also on RTL. “Suddenly all movies which délocalisaient will have no reason to relocate and go back to France by French technicians working and French actors. For the French cinema as a whole, it’s great” .

“The Death of French cinema could not have waited until the end of the quinquennium”

For the director and producer, Fleur Pellerin’s intervention will actually help maintain numerous shootings in the hexagon, while 39 French films were made abroad since the beginning of the year. “It’s been a few years that the entire profession complains of this situation,” he recalls. “The tax credits are very strong all around us. What I did was simply alert. There was a leak of talent and a leak of films that could be arranged (…) Thank you and congratulations on behalf of the French cinema. I think if that decision had not been made, I think the death of French cinema could not have waited until the end of five years. “

This is the end of December that should start shooting Valerian , according to the series of comic Valerian and Laureline , created in the late 1960s by writer Pierre Christin and designer Jean-Claude Mezieres. Valerian and Laureline companion there are agents Spatio-Temporal Service (ESS) Galaxit, an earth megalopolis of XXVIII century, responsible for exploring new planets and resolve global conflicts. Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne take the two main roles. Expected release in 2017

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