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Pascal Bonitzer’s Looking for Hortense (Cherchez Hortense, in the original French) is finally set to arrive on our shores this summer, having debuted at Venice last year to positive early reviews.

The film earned two nominations at the César Awards earlier in the year, the French equivalent of the Oscars. And with its August UK release date just a few weeks away, we’ve got the new UK quad poster to exclusively share.

Looking For Hortense is a bittersweet ‘comedie de moeurs’ that is French in spirit but universal in appeal. Damien (Jean-Pierre Bacri), a Chinese civilization professor, lives with his partner, Iva (Kristin Scott Thomas), a stage director, and their son Noé. The couple’s relationship has drifted into routine that has drained it of love. Damien finds himself trapped one day by Iva, who orders him to ask his father, a senior member of the French Council of State,...

The nominations for the César Awards aka the French Oscars were announced. "Farewell, My Queen," "Amour," "Camille Redouble," "In the House," "Rust & Bone," "Holy Motors," and "What's My Name" are competing for the Best Picture category. We'll find out the winners on February 22nd.

Here's the full list of nominees of the 2013 César Awards:

Best Picture

Farewell, My Queen

Amour

Camille Redouble

In The House

Rust & Bone

Holy Motors

What.s In A Name

Best Director

Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen

Michael Haneke, Amour

Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble

François Ozon, In The House

Jacques Audiard, Rust & Bone

Leos Carax, Holy Motors

Stéphane Brizé, Quelques Heures De Printemps

Best Actress

Catherine Frot, Les Sauveurs Du Palais

Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone

Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble

Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Léa Seydoux, Farewell, My Queen

Hélène Vincent, Quelques Heures De Printemps

Best Actor

Jean-Pierre Bacri, Cherchez Hortense

Patrick Bruel, What...

This morning, the lineup for the 2012 Venice Film Festival arrived with a selection worthy of a once over. The non-Toronto titles of note include Olivier Assayas' Something in the Air, Ramin Bahrani's At Any Price starring Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron, Amos Gitai's Carmel, Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers and the two I'm most upset won't be playing Toronto, Susanne Bier's Love Is All You Need and Brian De Palma's Passion. Spike Lee, Jonathan Demme and jury president Michael Mann all arrive with documentaries; Mann with Witness: Libya, Demme with Enzo Avitabile Music Life and Lee with his Michael Jackson documentary, Bad 25, taking a look at the making of Jackson's 1987 album "Bad" 25 years later, which includes appearances by Martin Scorsese, Usher Raymond, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Quincy Jones, Cee-Lo and Sheryl Crow. Name titles that will also play Toronto include Terrence Malick's To The Wonder,...

by Terence Johnson

HollywoodNews.com: Hot on the heels of the Toronto International Film Festival announcing their titles comes word from Venice about the films to be featured at the 69th Venice Film Festival.

With 60 films, the selection includes a wide range of anticipated titles such as Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, Passion from Brian De Palma and The Company You Keep directed by Robert Redford, as well as 20 films from female directors. Surprisingly, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master is not included in the lineup, might this mean it will be skipping the festivals? Check out the full list after the jump!

Competition Films

Something in the Air, Olivier Assayas (France)

Outrage: Beyond, Takeshi Kitano (Japan)

Fill The Void, Rama Burshtein (Israel)

To the Wonder, Terrence Malick (U.S.)

Pieta, Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)

Dormant Beauty, Marco Bellocchio (Italy)

E’ stato il figlio, Daniele Cipri (Italy)

At Any Price,...

With the line-up for the Toronto International Film Festival dropping a few days ago and the list for Venice out today, the festival circuit has arrived!

The lead stories for the Venice line-up aren't nearly as exciting as those coming out of Toronto. Harmony Korrine's "Spring Breakers" with James Franco and Selena Gomez will make its debut, as will Brian De Palma's "Passion" with Noomi Rapace and Rachel McAdams.

Perhaps the biggest headline here is the absence of Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master," a film that was expected to appear here. Skipping Venice is just more proof that the rumors of a Fantastic Fest debut may be true.

Check out the full line-up (via The Playlist) after the jump!

Opening Film (Out Of Competition)

"The Reluctant Fundamentalist," Mira Nair (U.S.,Qatar)

Competition

"To The Wonder," Terrence Malick (U.S.)

"Something in the Air," Olivier Assayas (France)

"Outrage:Beyond,...

The complete lineup for the 69th Venice Film Festival has been announced! Despite rumors, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master will not be playing at the festival, but the slate remains just as exciting, with new entries from Assayas, Kitano, de Palma, Korine, Ramin Bahrani, and Kim Ki-Duk—plus Raúl Ruiz's second "last film" of the season (Lines of Wellington, completed by his widow and longtime editor Valeria Sarmiento) and the infamously meditative Terrence Malick's second feature in two years.

In Competition

Something in the Air, Olivier Assayas (France)

At Any Price, Ramin Bahrani (Us, UK)

Dormant Beauty, Marco Bellocchio (Italy)

La Cinquieme Saison, Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (Belgium-Netherlands-France)

Fill The Void, Rama Bursztyn and Yigal Bursztyn (Israel)

E' stato il figlio, Daniele Cipri (Italy)

Un Giorno Speciale, Francesca Comencini (Italy)

Passion, Brian De Palma (France-Germany)

Superstar, Xavier Giannoli (France-Belgium)

Pieta, Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)

Outrage: Beyond,...

The line-up for the 2012 Venice Film Festival has been announced and it's a surprisingly lean year. Usually, there's a lot of overlap between the Toronto International Film Festival and Venice, but the only major crossovers are Terrence Malick's To the Wonder, Robert Redford's The Company You Keep, Ramin Bahrani's At Any Price, Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Ariel Vromen's The Iceman. Venice does have a few standout exclusives this year, most notably Brian De Palma's new film, Passion, starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace. Other notable exclusives include Michael Mann's Witness: Libya and Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers. Hit the jump for the full line-up. The 2012 Venice Film Festival runs August 29 – September 8th. Via Twitch: Competition Something In The Air (Apres Mai), dir Olivier Assayas (France) At Any Price, dir Ramin Bahrani (Us-uk) Dormant Beauty (Bella Addormentata), dir Marco Bellocchio (Italy-France) La Cinquieme Saison,...

The Venice Film Festival announced its lineup today, and it has something for everyone: Hollywood A-listers, Disney Channel darlings, a host of foreign films, a Dragon Tattoo alumna — and that’s just what’s in competition for the Golden Lion trophy.

Notable premieres include Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep, which stars Redford as a Weather Underground member exposed by a young reporter (Shia Labeouf), and Spring Breakers, a film about restaurant-robbing college girls that stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, and James Franco. Rachel McAdams shows up twice, first alongside Noomi Rapace in Brian De Palma’s thriller Passion,...

Following the Toronto International Film Festival line-up earlier this week, the 69th Venice Film Festival has weighed in with their choices this morning. Outside of films also premiering at Tiff — including most notably Ramin Bahrani‘s At Any Price and Terrence Malick‘s To the Wonder – they have a strong batch of films not at that fest. We have the highly anticipated next feature from Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours, Carlos), titled Something In The Air, as well as Brian De Palma‘s sensual thriller Passion with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace.

Then things get a little silly with Harmony Korine‘s James Franco and Selena Gomez gangster/party film Spring Breakers. Rounding out the other major titles are Susanne Bier following up her Oscar win with Love Is All You Need and Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25. The lack of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s heavily rumored The Master...

This week sees the line-up announcement of not one but two of the year’s biggest events in the film industry. Toronto International Film Festival’s line-up was officially announced earlier this week, and was absolutely fantastic, and now the Venice International Film Festival have officially announced their line-up, featuring some incredibly anticipated films as well.

The festival will run from 29th August to 8th September, and will be opened by Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, making its world debut and premiering out of competition. Heading up the most notable films among the announcement are Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers, with James Franco, Selena Gomez, and Vanessa Hudgens; Brian De Palma’s Passion, with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace; Ramin Bahrani’s At Any Price, with Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, and Heather Graham; Takeshi Kitano’s Outrage: Beyond, with Tomokazu Miura, Ryo Kase, and Fumiyo Kohinata; Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep,...

Kristin Scott Thomas, Jean Pierre Bacri and Isabel Carre will star in Cherchez Hortense, a relationship comedy directed by Pascal Bonitzer (The Great Alibi). Said Ben Said's Sbs Productions produces the film, the same company producing God of Carnage helmed by Roman Polanski and also busy securing key cast on Brian De Palma's Passion. Cherchez Hortense follows a middle-aged academic (Bacri) under pressure from his theater director wife (Scott Thomas), to solicit work papers from his father who is a high-ranking civil servant, for a certain Zaria Velickovic, reports Variety. He meets a charming woman (Carre), who takes an interest in his work, but may be Zaria, in the meantime, his wife is having an affair with one of her actors.

Kristin Scott Thomas, Jean Pierre Bacri and Isabel Carre will star in Cherchez Hortense, a relationship comedy directed by Pascal Bonitzer (The Great Alibi). Said Ben Said's Sbs Productions produces the film, the same company producing God of Carnage helmed by Roman Polanski and also busy securing key cast on Brian De Palma's Passion. Cherchez Hortense follows a middle-aged academic (Bacri) under pressure from his theater director wife (Scott Thomas), to solicit work papers from his father who is a high-ranking civil servant, for a certain Zaria Velickovic, reports Variety. He meets a charming woman (Carre), who takes an interest in his work, but may be Zaria, in the meantime, his wife is having an affair with one of her actors.