‘La Famille Belier’ Writer Victoria Bedos Makes Directorial Debut With ‘Leo et Moi'(EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International CorrespondentVictoria Bedos, the creator and co-writer of “La Famille Belier,” the hit French movie that was remade into Sian Heder’s Oscar-nominated “CODA,” is getting ready to make her feature debut with Focus Features/Universal in France.For her directorial debut, “Leo et moi,” Bedos will once tell the bittersweet story of a teenager set against an unusual backdrop, a theme she probed in “Famille Belier.” “Leo et moi” (working title) is produced by Hélène Cases at Lionceau Films and follows 14-year-old Marie-Luce Bison, who lives with her widowed father at a group home for seniors in rural France.
Universal will distribute the film in theaters in France and Focus Features has global rights.In the film, Marie, growing up as an outsider surrounded by elderly people and her distant father, isn’t like anyone else at school and the other kids notice it.
One day, fed up of being bullied by her classsmates, she dresses up as a boy, Leo, and shows up at a house party. As Leo, she becomes instantly popular and falls in love with a boy who only loves her as Leo.
Her father, who can’t cope with his daughter’s teenage crisis, finally opens up to her and breaks the taboo surrounding her mother’s death.
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