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Jean-Philippe Duval Channeled Ingmar Bergman When Directing Canada's '14 Days 12 Nights' TheWrap 1/20/2021 © TheWrap "I will tell you a little secret that I have," Jean-Philippe Duval began his confession to TheWrap's Steve Pond in discussing the making of Duval's film "14 Days 12 Nights,"  the emotional tale of two women from different cultures who find their lives irrevocably entwined. In the movie, French Canadian Isabelle Brodeur (Anne Dorval)  takes a solo journey to Vietnam, her adopted daughter's birthplace.  Through an unexpected connection, Isabelle learns the  existence and ...

“Now my guide was not the dialogue, my guide was the character-driven emotions,” the director said. As a veteran documentary filmmaker, Duval also said he brought a lot of documentary techniques to shooting a fictional story. Duval said he felt a deep personal connection to the film’s script, written by Marie Vien, the adoptive mother of two girls, one from China and one from Vietnam. In fact, he was hooked after reading a one-page description of the story. “I would say I am first a father, of two young boys, and also my sister adopted a little boy from China 15 years ago,” Duval sa...