Madame Solario (2012)

Interesting facts

• Filmed in: Lake Como

Madame Solario is a 2012 French drama film written, produced and directed by René Féret, based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Gladys Huntington. It concerns a young divorcee, of the title, and her brother, whose presence and relationship disrupts the calm of a grand lakeside hotel in the early 1900s.

Production

The film was shot in super 16 scope anamorphic. Interior filming at 25, Champs-Elysées, 'la Païva', with its great staircase in yellow onyx, designed by Paul Baudry in the 19th century, took place over three weeks before the crew went to Lake Como for location filming, at the Villa Monastero, and its lakeside gardens.

Several actors from Féret's previous film, from 2010, Nannerl, la sœur de Mozart (Nannerl, Mozart's Sister), also about sibling relations, appear in this: Marie Féret, who took the title role of Nannerl, Marc Barbé, the young violinist David Moreau, Lisa Féret, Mona Heftre and Salomé Stévenin (for whom Madame Solario was her fourth Féret film).

The main locations used were the Hôtel de la Païva in Paris for the interior shots of the Como hotel, and the Villa Monastero on Lake Como for exteriors. Féret commented that symbolically the lake – a dull, tranquil place with, in its depths, the unimaginable monster – was perfect, more so as it was where Huntington spent some childhood vacations.

While terrestrial television channels were not supportive of the project, Canal+ did commit itself, and the Île de France Region also supported the director for the third time. The film was edited by Féret's wife Fabienne, lasts 93 minutes, and was released in French cinemas on the 22nd August 2012.

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