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fashioned industry. Their greatest happiness is during a Swiss idyll that Assayas recalls was less than idyllic to shoot.
“The scenes in Switzerland were hard, partly because that loca- tion had so many windows that it was like shooting outdoors. We were so dependant on the weather through the whole film, and there we had to adapt to it each day, stopping and starting scenes.
“It was tough, both for us and the actors. But it was really impor- tant, because you have to feel the strength of the summer in Switzerland, and elsewhere you have the feel of the autumn mist and the freezing snow. It was really an essential part of the story- telling.” ■ ANWAR BRETT
