Attal’s cop on the run and on a mission in R.I.F.
The seven-week shoot starts next Monday in the Paris area on Franck Mancuso’s second feature: R.I.F. (acronym for "Recherche dans l'Intérêt des Familles", meaning “a search in the interest of families”).
The former policeman, who co-wrote Department 36 [+see also:
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film profile], made his acclaimed directorial debut with Counter Investigation [+see also:
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film profile] in 2007 (958,000 admissions in France). He continues to explore genre cinema and the thriller format in his new film, which stars Yvan Attal (nominated for the Best Actor Cesar 2010 for Rapt [+see also:
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Scripted by Mancuso with collaboration from novelist DOA on the adaptation and dialogues, the film opens with the disappearance of the wife of Stéphane Monnereau (Attal), a police captain at the Paris Criminal Investigation Department.
Clues suggest he may know something about the disappearance. To avoid being placed in police custody, Stéphane flees with his son.
From then on, he is alone in his double mission to exonerate himself in the eyes of the investigators and find out what really happened to his wife.
Produced by Fabio Conversi for Babe Films and Patrice Gimenez for Epheme Productions, R.I.F. is co-produced by France 2 Cinéma and StudioCanal. The latter will manage French distribution (release date: September 28, 2011) and international sales.
French co-producer of numerous Italian films, including Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo [+see also:
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interview: Nicola Giuliano
interview: Paolo Sorrentino
interview: Philippe Desandre
film profile], Daniele Luchetti’s Our Life [+see also:
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making of
film profile] (to be released in France in April 2011), Michele Placido’s Vallanzasca [+see also:
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film profile] (recently unveiled out of competition at Venice) and Andrea Molaioli’s Il Gioiellino (“The Gem”, in production), Babe Films also enjoyed immense success in theatres last year with majority French production Someone I Loved [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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