05/10/2023 - Paul Kircher, Angelina Woreth, Sayyid El Alami, Gilles Lellouche and Ludivine Sagnier star in Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma’s new film, produced by Chi Fou Mi and Trésor Films, and sold by Charades

Actor Paul Kircher, actress Angelina Woreth and actor Sayyid El Alami (© AgencesArtistiques.com)

Having kicked off on 25 July, filming on And Their Children After Them by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma is set to wrap on 10 October. This will be the 4th feature film by the two brothers after Willy 1^er [+see also:
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Eye-catching names in the cast include Paul Kircher (nominated for this year’s Best Newcomer César and Acting Revelation Lumière thanks to Winter Boy [+see also:
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Adapted by the two directors from Nicolas Mathieu’s novel of the same name (awarded the Goncourt Prize in 2018), the story (based on a provisional mini-synopsis) takes us back to August 1992: we’re faced with a remote valley somewhere in the East where blast furnaces no longer burn, a lake and a blisteringly hot afternoon. Anthony is 14 years old, and he and his cousin decide to steal a canoe to pass the time and to take a look at what’s happening across the water, on the famous nudist beach. For Anthony, it leads to a first love and a first, seminal summer to determine all others: the drama of a life just beginning…

And Their Children After Them is produced by Hugo Sélignac on behalf of Chi Fou Mi Productions and by Alain Attal for Trésor Films, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma. Pre-purchased by Canal+, HBO Max and France Télévisions, the feature film also enjoys support from the Grand Est region and from the department of Vosges where the 55-day film shoot is unfolding, with Augustin Barbaroux (Teddy, Wild Seas [+see also:
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For the record, Chi-Fou-Mi are currently overseeing post-production on Beating Hearts by Gilles Lellouche and Ni chaînes ni maîtres by Simon Moutaïrou (read our article).

(Translated from French)