30/11/2023 - Melvil Poupaud, Sofiane Zermani, Steve Tientcheu and Julia Piaton star in this movie focused on a heist at Paris’s Museum of Modern Art, produced by SRAB Films and sold by Goodfellas

Actors Melvil Poupaud (© Fabrizio de Gennaro), Sofiane Zermani (© David Delaplace) and Steve Tientcheu and actress Julia Piaton (© YanRB)

Since 13 November, Dominique Baumard has been shooting Les Règles de l'art, his 2^nd fiction feature and his first solo effort after Patrick & Sebastian vs the Fake News (2021). Stand-out names in the cast include Melvil Poupaud (nominated for 2020’s Best Actor César via By the Grace of God [+see also:
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interview: Héléna Klotz
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interview: Ladj Ly
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Written by the director (who’s also known for writing The Third War [+see also:
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Les Règles de l'art is produced by Christophe Barral and Toufik Ayadi on behalf of SRAB Films, and has been pre-purchased by OCS and Amazon Prime (for its second screening window). The feature film also enjoys support from the Ile-de-France region (where the film will be almost entirely shot) and from the Soficas Cinécapital et Cineventure. Filming will wrap on 22 December with photography entrusted to Julien Poupard (nominated for the 2020 and 2023 Césars in his speciality thanks to Les Misérables and Forever Young [+see also:
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For the record, SRAB Films are releasing Les Indésirables by Ladj Ly in French cinemas on 5 December and are overseeing post-production on Alain Gomis’ Dao (produced with Les Films du Worso – read our article).

(Translated from French)