Question 1

Why did Florent Bernard want to make a bittersweet comedy about divorce?

Accepted Answer

He noticed most movies about parents splitting up were either comedies or dramas, rarely in between, and always from the parents' perspective, never the children's. He wanted to include the kids and blend nostalgia with funny scenes.

Question 2

How did Charlotte Gainsbourg get cast in Meet the Leroys?

Accepted Answer

Bernard wrote the role thinking of Gainsbourg but assumed he couldn't get her. His producers were also producing her documentary Jane by Charlotte, so they asked her. She liked the script and accepted.

Question 3

Where was the car rental agency set built?

Accepted Answer

It was built in the seventh basement of the Saint-Anne parking lot in Dijon. Construction took three weeks due to logistics like ceiling height for moving materials.

Question 4

What personal experience inspired Florent Bernard's approach to the children's perspective?

Accepted Answer

Bernard's own parents divorced when he was a teenager. He and his brother were unfazed, telling their parents it was their problem. His father took it badly, thinking they didn't care.

Question 5

Which French region was used for filming, and why did the director choose it?

Accepted Answer

Several sequences were shot in Burgundy near Dijon and Autun, where Bernard spent his youth. He wanted to showcase semi-rural France and not-great-looking places like roundabouts and cheap hotels.

Meet the Leroys

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