LYNK Group has just announced the their CEO, the actress – businesswoman Ly Nha Ky will be partner with producer Charles Gillibert to produce the movie E-Book by director Olivier Assayas.
His newest movie “Personal Shopper”, released in Viet Nam as “Tro Ly Thoi Trang”, had brought him the shared title of Best Director in Cannes 2016 (the other one was Cristian Mungiu with Graduation).
After 40 years in the business, Olivier Assayas is one of most influential French director in the world. As a former husband to Maggie Cheung, he helped her rise to the title of Best Lead Actress for the movie Clean that he directed in 2004.
In E-book, the main character will be played by the gorgeous and talented Juliette Binoche – who did work with director Olivier Assayas in “Clouds of Sils Maria” – a movie nominated for the Golden Palm of 2014.
Juliette Binoche is famously known in Vietnam from “The English Patient,” the movie that brought her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
The lead male character will be played by Guillaume Canet, husband to the French rose Marion Cotillard. Guillaume himself is also a director and actor, he won the title Best Director (the Cesar Award) for the movie “Ne le dis à personne”.
He was also nominated for Best Lead Actor (the Cesar Award) for “La Prochaine fois je viseral le coeur by Cesdric Anger”.
He is Olivier Assayas’s partner in many projects such as “Summer Hours” (2007), “Something in the Air” (2012), “Clouds of Sils Maria” (2014) and “Personal Shopper” (2016).