French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has announced he is adapting bestselling novel Changer l’eau des fleurs by Valérie Perrin, with Leïla Bekhti in the lead role as a beloved cemetery caretaker with a tragic backstory.
The Oscar-nominated Amélie director unveiled details of the project in an exclusive interview with French magazine Paris Match.
Italian company Palomar acquired adaptation rights to the novel in 2021 and is leading the production with Paris-based 24 25 Films (Barbès, Little Algeria and Visions), both of which are Mediawan companies.
Studiocanal is co-producing and will also distribute the film in France and handle international sales, while Canal+ and Netflix are backing the production.
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