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Filming has begun on Fox Searchlight's "Le Divorce," a contemporary comedy directed by three-time Academy Award^®-nominated director James Ivory ("The Remains of the Day," "Howards End," "A Room with a View"). Kate Hudson ("Almost Famous") and Naomi Watts ("Mulholland Dr.") head up the ensemble cast that has collectively earned four Golden Globes, four Emmy awards, one French Cesar Award and 10 Oscar^® nominations. The award-winning cast includes Glenn Close, Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Matthew Modine, Bebe Neuwirth, Stephen Fry, Leslie Caron, Thierry Lhermitte, Romain Duris, Melvil Poupaud, Jean-Marc Barr and Lambert Wilson.

Director James Ivory and two-time Academy Award^®-winning writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ("The Remains of the Day," "Howards End") adapted the script from Diane Johnson's best-selling novel of the same name. Four-time Oscar^® nominee Ismail Merchant and Michael Schiffer will produce. Radar Pictures' Ted Field, Erica Huggins and Scott Kroopf will executive produce. The shoot is scheduled to finish June 1, 2002.

Fox Searchlight has worldwide distribution rights to "Le Divorce," and is planning for a 2003 release in the United States. "Le Divorce" is a modern-day comedy of manners. American sisters Isabel (Kate Hudson) and Roxy (Naomi Watts) come face to face with the complicated social mores of French society. Pregnant and jilted by her scoundrel husband, Roxy is headed for "Le Divorce," while Isabel leaps into l'amour with a married, French diplomat who happens to be the uncle of Roxy's soon-to-be-ex. Culture clash and scandal ensue as the sisters learn what it really takes to be an American in Paris.

SOURCE: Fox Searchlight