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The Price of Desire (Original title)
Dates: 2014 (Copyright), 27 May 2016 (Release)

Countries: Ireland, Belgium, Monaco, Canada, Mexico, USA, United Kingdom, France, Spain

Director: Mary McGuckian

Synopsis: In the 1920s, Irish furniture designer and architect Eileen Gray designs and builds E-1027, a modernist villa on the Côte d’Azur. The influential architect Le Corbusier is impressed by the building but her relationship with the architecture critic Jean Badovici creates tension between the two architects that has a detrimental effect on Gray's career and her posthumous reputation.

Genre:
Biopic

Subjects:
Architects, Architecture, Modernism, Rivalry
Releases
Date: 19 March 2015Country: IrelandRelease type: FestivalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 115 mins Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): French / Subtitles: English
Date: 27 May 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): French / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Munro Film Services

Credits (136)
©: EG Film Productions, ©: Saga Film, Production Company: EG Film Productions, Production Company: Saga City, [Produced] with: Sharkprod, Developed with the assistance of: Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board, Lightstream Pictures, Filmed with the support of: Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter Scheme, Presents: Pembridge Pictures, Presents: Entertainment One, Presents: Fábrica de Cine, Presents: Liberty Liquid Films, Presents: Marzipan Productions, Presents: Rush River Entertainment, Presents: BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance, [Presented] with the support of: MEDIA Production Guarantee Fund, [Presented] with the support of: Audiovisual Aval S.G.R., Xantara Film Capital, [Presented] in association with: Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board, Executive Producer: David Claikens, Executive Producer: Alex Verbaere, Executive Producer: Gaston Pavlovich, Executive Producer: William L. Walton, Executive Producer: Michael McNeilly, Executive Producer: David Randall, Executive Producer: Garrett Kelleher, Executive Producer: Keith Potter, Developed in consultaion with: Natasha Girardi, Produced by: Mary McGuckian, Producer: Jean-Jacques Neira, Producer: Hubert Toint, Co-produced by: Simon Moseley, Co-producer: Katie Heidy, Co-producer: Matthew J. Malek, Line Producer: Simon Moseley, Line Producer: Simon Moseley, Associate Producer: Gil Kenny, Associate Producer: Charlie O'Carroll, Associate Producer: Natasha Girardi, Production Manager Belgium: Jean-Pierre Garrabos, Production Manager Monaco: Gil Kenny, Production Co-ordinator Belgium: Ellen de Ruyck, Production Co-ordinator Monaco: Valérie Brisse, Production Co-ordinator: Laura Mason, Financial Controller: Mary Furlong, Post-production Accountant: Dympna Gavin, Location Manager Belgium: Didier Lechien, Location Manager Monaco: Gaetan Dinon, Post-production Supervisor: Tim Morris, Post-production Co-ordinator: Maura Murphy, 1st Assistant Director: Frédéric Rouiller-Gall, 1st Assistant Director: Simon Moseley, 2nd Assistant Director: Jacques Nicolle, 2nd Assistant Director: Dorothée Baert, 2nd Assistant Director: Jacques Nicolle, Script Supervisor: Elisabeth Alexandris, Script Supervisor: Maura Murphy, Casting Director: Fabien Boitiere, Casting Consultant - International Lead Roles: Antonia Dauphin, Casting Belgium - Small Roles: Michael Bier, Casting Belgium - Non-speaking Roles: Sebastiàn Moradiellos, Casting Monaco - Non-speaking Roles: Corinne Renard-Bendjadi, Written by: Mary McGuckian, Director of Photography: Stefan Von Bjorn, Director of Photography: Hugues Espinasse, 1st Assistant Camera: Benjamin Morel, 1st Assistant Camera: Grégori Gajero, 2nd Assistant Camera: Stéphane Renard, 2nd Assistant Camera: David Foquin, Gaffer: Marcel Bulterijs, Gaffer: Manu Gaspar, Key Grip: Dimitri Doulkéridis, Key Grip: Thibaut Guenois, Stills Photography: Julian Lennon, Editor: Stephen O'Connell, Editor: John O'Connor, Editor: Robert O'Connor, Editor: Kant Pan, On-line Editor: Robbie O'Farrell, Post-produced at: Windmill Lane Pictures, Production Designer: Emma Pucci, Art Director: Philippe Prat, 1st Assistant Art Director: Julie Benegmos, Graphic Designer: Régine Constant, Graphic Designer: Mael Herrero, Design Consultant: Anne Seibel, Props Buyer Belgium: Séverine Closset, Props Buyer Monaco: Benoît Tételin, Construction Manager - Studio: Luc Dezille, Construction Manager - Furniture: Jérôme Tarby, Costume Designer: Peter O'Brien, Costume Supervisor: Catherine Marchand, Costume Supervisor: Sally O'Sullivan, Costume Co-ordinator: Sally O'Sullivan, Costume Consultant and Research: Natalie Turturro, Chief Make-up Artist: Oriane de Neve, Make-up Artist: Patricia Grant, Special Effects Make-up Artist: Oriane de Neve, Chief Hair Stylist: Stella Bertiglia, Hair Stylist: Antonina Prestigiacomo, Senior Digital Intermediate Colourist: Dave Hughes, Digital Intermediate Colourist: Matt Branton, Dailies Colourist: Eoghan McKenna, Music Composed and Conducted by: Brian Byrne, [Music Performed by]: RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Harp Solos: Geraldine O'Doherty, Piano Solos: Brian Byrne, RTÉ Concert Orchestra Conducted by: Brian Byrne, Additional Orchestrations: Jeff Tinsley, Score Recorded and Mixed by: Ciarán Byrne, Music Preparation: John Byrne, Sound Recordist: Alain Sironval, Sound Recordist: Michel Kharat, Boom Operator: Billy Miquel, Re-recording Mixer: Michelle Cunniffe, Additional Re-recording Mixer: Mark Henry, Sound Editor: Carl Cullen, Sound Editor: Nikki Moss, Dialogue Editor: Fionán Higgins, Foley Artist: Caoimhe Doyle, Foley Mixer: Jean McGrath, English Dialect Coach - Production: Paula Jack, English Dialect Coach - Post-production: Poll Moussoulides, French Dialect Coach: Patrice Eustache, Camera, Lighting and Grip Equipment: TSF Belgium, Cinetec, Costumes Supplied by: Cosprop, Costumes Supplied by: Carlo Manzi, Costumes Supplied by: Angels, Costumes Supplied by: Le Vestiaire, Costumes Supplied by: Les Petits Metiers, Maratier, Collection Account Management: Fintage House CAM BV, Completion Guarantee: European Film Bonds A/S, The director would like to thank: Jim Sheridan
Cast (84)
Orla Brady (Eileen Gray), Vincent Perez (Le Corbusier), Francesco Scianna (Jean Badovici), Alanis Morissette (Marisa Damia), Dominique Pinon (Fernand Léger), Tamara Vuckovic (Louise Dany), Elsa Zylberstein (Romaine Brooks), Anne Lambton (Marie-Louise Schelbert), David Herlihy (Aristotle Onassis), Caitriona Balfe (Gabeielle Bloch), Adriana L. Randall (Charlotte Perriand), Natasha Girardi (Nathalie Barney), Hayet Belhalloufi (Mireille Roupest), Julie Benegmos (Emmanuelle Rayon), Ronald Beurms (Jean Paul Rayon), Fabien Boitiere (Jean Cocteau), Arnaud Bronsart (Marcel Proust), Anne Pascale Clairembourg (Duchese de Clermont Tonnere), Pascaline Crèvecoeur (Berenice Abbott), Jean-Michel Distexhe (Vicomte Charles de Noailles), Joel Girardi (auctioneer), Gerard Gourrier (gendarme), Sammy Leslie (Gertrude Stein), Peter O'Brien (Paul Poiret), Romina Palmeri (Loie Fuller), Philippe Rasse (Zeev Aram), Solange Scifferdecker (Chana Orloff), Cherise Silvestri (Evelyn Wyld), Martin Swabey (Bruce Chatwin), Gérard Vivane (Jacques Doucet), Marcos Adamantiadis (Gustav Miklos), Flore Abrahams (Marie Laurencin), Carlos Alba (Marc Chagall), Olivier Bar (Pablo Picasso), Vincent Bellington (James Joyce), Zoltan Bihari (Blaise Cendrars), Omar Bourihane (Juan Gris), Alain Brioudes (Christian Zervos), Peter Campbell (Rene Herbst), Thierry Chatelais (Man Ray), Hsueh Cheng-Wen (Kichizo Inagaki), Patrick Coote (Pierre Legrain), Claude Correia (Jean Arp), Julie Dalck (Madame Mathieu Levy), Dorian De Hults (Robert Mallet Stevens), Quentin Debbaudt (Ossip Zadkine), Mikael Dubruquez (Piet Mondrian), Patrice Eustache (Pierre Chareau), Ewin Gillet (Guillaume Appollinaire), Thibault Gorissen (Vladimir Tatlin), Katie Heidy (Jeanne Lanvin), Hadrien Hibill (Amedo Modigliani), Dimitrus Katsani (Sergei Diaghilev), Patrick Lejeune (Max Ernst), Ludivine Meulemans (Ida Rubenstein), Simon Moseley (Bernard Bijvoet), Emmanuel Orban (Diego Riviera), Liang Qian (Ousouda), Nicolas Rosier (Max Jacob), Theo Steffen (Igor Stravinsky), Boris Teirlynck (Tsuguharu Foujita), Gregoire Thierry (Baron Adolf de Meyer), Dominique Vanrykel (André Gide), Tan Win (Seizo Sugawara), Francois Zachary (Alexander Archipenko), Laurent Zanetti (Pierre Jeanneret), Denis Blashkov (bored German officer), Cyril Brulé, Pascal Pornin (Vézelay resistance fighter), Estelle Winkelman, Cecile Gras Dominjon (scantily clad woman), Gabrielle Meroni (bald woman), Cheska Vallois (herself), Robert Vallois (himself), Francois de Ricqlès (Christie's auctioneer), Nancy Dotta, Pauline de Smedt, Emmanuelle Karsenti, Ketty Gottardo (Christie's phone bidder), Celina Lafuente de Lavotha, Flor MacCarthy, Marguerite Cooney, Frank McDonald, Shane O'Toole (reporter)