Driving Madeleine takes a charming cab ride with a 93-year-old woman headed to her nursing home. Christian Carion is the director of the film, which goes deeper into drama than expected. He talked with me from Paris:

– Transitioning from being a farmer to a director

– How the friendship of Dany Boon and Line Renaud helped during the shoot

– Line sang “Relaxez-vous” with Dean Martin in Las Vegas

– Shooting the cab scenes in “The Volume” (new technology)

– Casting the younger version with different color eyes

– Shooting the flashbacks in a reference to American films

– How he used Barnard Herrman’s music to set the mood

– The dance sequence that ends the film

– Showing Spielberg’s DUEL at the screening of his movie

LINKS
Driving Madeleine at Movieland
My review of Driving Madeleine
Line Renaud sings Relaxez-vous with Dean Martin

This clip features stills from the Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis movie You’re Never Too Young, but the song was deleted from the film.)

Indie Short Film Festival (in C’ville)