Territory of Love

{{Infobox film

| name = Territory of Love

| image = Territory of Love (2018) film poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|L'Autre continent}}

| director = Romain Cogitore{{Cite web |title=Territory of Love |url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/44230/territory-of-love |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=Unifrance |archive-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113041930/https://en.unifrance.org/movie/44230/territory-of-love |url-status=live }}

| writer = Romain Cogitore

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Vincent Wang
Sophie Erbs
Estela Valdiviesco Chen
Nobu Tsai Hsin-Hung{{Cite web |title=Territory of Love |url=https://www.crew-united.com/en/Territory-of-Love__252025.html |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=Crew United |archive-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706165255/https://www.crew-united.com/en/Territory-of-Love__252025.html |url-status=live }}

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

Déborah François
Paul Hamy
Daniel Martin
Christiane Millet
Vincent Perez
Nanou Garcia
Aviis Zhong

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| cinematography = Thomas Ozoux

| editing = {{Plainlist|

Florent Vassault
Romain Cogitore

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| music = Mathieu Lamboley

| studio = {{Plainlist|

Cinéma Defacto
House on Fire

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| distributor = {{Plainlist|

Dulac Distribution (France)
House on Fire (Taiwan)

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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2018|11|8|Rencontres du Cinéma Francophone en Beaujolais|ref1={{Cite web |title=Edition 2018 {{!}} Les 23es Rencontres dévoilent leur palmarès ! |url=https://autrecinema.fr/edition-2018/ |website=L’Autre Cinéma |date=23 April 2019 |accessdate=4 July 2023 |language=fr |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530175111/https://autrecinema.fr/edition-2018/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Cordon-Fabregue |first=Anne |date=13 November 2018 |title=Rencontres du cinéma francophone en Beaujolais a annoncé son palmarès |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69-edition-villefranche-et-beaujolais/2018/11/13/rencontres-du-cinema-francophone-en-beaujolais-a-annonce-son-palmares |website=Le Progrès |language=fr |access-date=4 July 2023 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706165300/https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69-edition-villefranche-et-beaujolais/2018/11/13/rencontres-du-cinema-francophone-en-beaujolais-a-annonce-son-palmares |url-status=live }}|2019|6|5|France|ref2=|2018|11|16|Taiwan|ref3=}}

| runtime = 90 min

| country = {{Plainlist|

France
Taiwan

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| language = {{Plainlist|

French
Mandarin
English
Dutch

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Territory of Love ({{langx|fr|L'Autre continent}}) is a 2018 romantic drama film written and directed by Romain Cogitore, starring Déborah François and Paul Hamy.

The film was co-produced by France and Taiwan and made its world premiere at the {{Lang|fr|Rencontres du Cinéma Francophone en Beaujolais}} on 8 November 2018, where it won the Audience Award. It was released theatrically in Taiwan by House on Fire on 16 November 2018, and in France by Dulac Distribution on 5 June 2019.

Plot

Maria is a restless young Dutch woman and aspiring writer who lives in France, speaks five languages, has seven unfinished novels and is trying to finish her latest one. She moves to Taipei and lives on small jobs. There she meets Olivier, a young and shy French expat who works as a tour guide and can speak fourteen languages, and they fall in love. When things seemed fine between them, Olivier is diagnosed with a rare type of Leukemia and they must return to France to begin his treatment in Strasbourg.

Cast

Déborah François as Maria
Paul Hamy as Olivier
Daniel Martin as Jacques
Christiane Millet as Sophie-Charlotte
Vincent Perez as Professor Deglacière
Aviis Zhong as Professor Chen
Nanou Garcia as Danouta
Nathanaël Bez as Alex

Production

The film was based on a real story that a woman who was an acquaintance of director Romain Cogitore told him about a bereavement that she was living, although the man she was talking about was not dead.{{Cite web |date=5 June 2019 |title=L'Autre Continent : le miracle amoureux selon Déborah François |url=https://www.doitinparis.com/fr/l-autre-continent-film-24469 |website=Do It in Paris |language=fr |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-date=5 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205131050/https://www.doitinparis.com/fr/l-autre-continent-film-24469 |url-status=live }}

Déborah François and Paul Hamy learned all of their lines in Mandarin phonetically.{{Cite web |title=L'Autre continent : les secrets du tournage |trans-title=Territoty of Love: the secrets of the shooting |url=https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-262184/secrets-tournage/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=AlloCiné |language=fr |archive-date=14 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814113553/https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-262184/secrets-tournage/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Omaïs |first=Mehdi |date=31 May 2019 |title=Déborah François : "Les voyages me donnent plus d'audace" |url=https://www.journaldesfemmes.fr/people/actus/2531472-deborah-francois-l-autre-continent/ |website=Journal des femmes |language=fr |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706165323/https://www.journaldesfemmes.fr/people/actus/2531472-deborah-francois-l-autre-continent/ |url-status=live }}

Filming took place in Kaohsiung and in Taichung in Taiwan, and in Alsace and Limoges in France between 12 April 2017 and 8 June 2017.{{Cite web |last=Lemercier |first=Fabien |date=22 March 2017 |title=Principal photography about to start for Territory of Love |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/325980/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923112935/https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/325980/ |archive-date=23 September 2020 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=Cineuropa}}{{Cite web |title=L'Autre Continent {{!}} Territory of Love |url=https://www.cinemadefacto.com/portfolio/the-great-wall/ |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=Cinéma Defacto |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208085342/http://www.cinemadefacto.com/portfolio/the-great-wall/ |url-status=live }}

Reception

AlloCiné, a French cinema site, gave the film an average rating of 3.3/5, based on a survey of 18 French reviews.{{cite web |title=Critiques presse pour le film L'Autre continent |url=https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-262184/critiques/presse/ |website=AlloCiné |access-date=4 July 2023 |language=fr |archive-date=14 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814120554/https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-262184/critiques/presse/ |url-status=live }}

Awards and nominations

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! Year

! Award / Festival

! Category

! Recipient(s)

! Result

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align="center" |2012

| SACD Beaumarchais Award

| Best Script

| rowspan=4|Romain Cogitore

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=30 May 2017 |title=Cinema Defacto Boards 'The Harvesters,' 'Love Wall,"Blind Willow' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2017/more/news/cinema-defacto-boards-the-harvesters-love-wallblind-willow-exclusive-1202447533/ |website=Variety |access-date=4 July 2023 |archive-date=25 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125130242/http://variety.com/2017/more/news/cinema-defacto-boards-the-harvesters-love-wallblind-willow-exclusive-1202447533/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Romain Cogitore |url=https://www.winckelmuller.com/COGITORE.html?lang=fr |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Catherine Winckelmuller | date=11 March 2022 |language=fr |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927105018/https://www.winckelmuller.com/COGITORE.html?lang=fr |url-status=live }}

align="center" |2013

| Grand Prix du Meilleur Scénariste

| Junior Prize for Best Screenplay

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web |title=Lauréats, finalistes et films 1986-2022 |url=https://prix-scenariste.org/fr/accueil/laureats-finalistes-et-films-1986-2/21 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=Les Prix du Scénario |date=24 September 2018 |language=fr |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404193129/https://prix-scenariste.org/fr/accueil/laureats-finalistes-et-films-1986-2/21 |url-status=live }}

align="center" |2018

| Rencontres du cinéma francophone en Beaujolais

| Audience Award

| {{won}}

align="center" |2019

| Tübingen-Stuttgart French Film Festival

| Grand Prix - International Competition

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |title=2019 – Französische Filmtage Tübingen-Stuttgart |url=https://franzoesische.filmtage-tuebingen.de/2019-2/ |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=Französische Filmtage Tübingen |language=de |archive-date=1 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401040208/https://franzoesische.filmtage-tuebingen.de/2019-2/ |url-status=live }}