10/04/2024 - Pauline Clément and Arthur Dupont topline Jean-Luc Gaget’s second feature-length directorial effort, produced by Les Films de la Capitaine and La Féline, and sold by MPM Premium

Actress Pauline Clément (© Fabien Lamadie) and actor Arthur Dupont

Having kicked off on 8 March, filming on Une fille au-dessus de tout - which is the second fiction feature film (after J'ai tué Clémence Acéra, released in 2001) directed by screenwriter Jean-Luc Gaget (awarded the Best Original Screenplay César in 2017 for The Together Project [+see also:
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The cast is led by Pauline Clément (an alumnus of the Comédie Française, currently touring cinemas in Lucky Winners and acclaimed in Maria Into Life [+see also:
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Written by Jean-Luc Gaget and Raphaële Moussafir (The Dandelions [+see also:
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Une fille au-dessus de tout is produced by Laurine Pellassy on behalf of Les Films de la Capitaine and by Eduardo Sosa Soria for La Féline, in co-production with Karé Productions. The movie is supported by the Île-de-France and Normandy regions, as well as by the SOFICA company Cinécapital. Distribution in French cinemas is entrusted to Nour Films and international sales to MPM Premium.

(Translated from French)