“I think I would adore to do a version three hours and 10 minutes, maybe something like this. But Laurent has not the same feeling,” Triet says with a laugh, with Sénéchal playfully objecting beside her. “He’s totally traumatized by me in this room because was very long.” Sénéchal, who has known and worked with Triet for roughly 15 years, jokes that he would prefer to avoid that scenario. “Please don’t let her come back in the editing room!” he protests.
How did you feel about your deadline in finishing the film? Do you feel like you both had the time to finish it exactly how you want it? Triet: For the first time in my life, I think we had the time. I finished the shoot around April or May, and we had almost one year before Cannes. So it was very comfortable in a way. But the movie was really complicated, because I did a lot of takes and I was a control freak as usual.