For Les Estivants, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi prefers to speak of "imaginary autobiography".
The writing of the script and editing was difficult for Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. The film was written in two years, with Agnès de Sacy and Noémie Lvovsky.
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman is present in Les Estivants among the jury members. As if he gave a documentary touch to the film.
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi worked in a closed space with a more fixed camera than in her other films. She lets the characters come in and out in the field without pursuing them.
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