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Solange Cicurel is shooting her first film, Don't Tell Her

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- The Belgian director has secured a fine Franco-Belgian cast for her ensemble film, produced by Entre Chien et Loup

Solange Cicurel is shooting her first film, Don't Tell Her
Singer and actress Jenifer Bartoli

If the husband of your childhood friend were cheating on her, would you disclose it to her? If your soul sister were too attached to her father to be able to meet another man, would you cut the cord? And if your best friend were cheating on her husband, would you congratulate her on it? In short, why is it that the more we love, the more we lie? 

This constitutes quite an array of existential questions that the characters of the debut film by Solange Cicurel, Don't Tell Her [+see also:
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, will be forced to ask themselves. The ensemble film boasts an eclectic cast hailing from France and Belgium: among the performers we find singer Jenifer Bartoli (who appeared in Les Francis), who will play one of the lead roles, having slipped away from her music and TV obligations. She will rub shoulders with Camille Chamoux (who rose to fame in another female-led ensemble film, Les Gazelles [+see also:
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), Belgian actors Tania Garbarski, Stéphanie Crayencour, Laurent Capelluto, Fabrizio Rongione and Charlie Dupont, in addition to Brigitte Fossey and Arié Elmaleh.

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Solange Cicurel is a lawyer and a member of the Brussels Bar. She ended up at Entre Chien et Loup through her desire to direct a short film, Einstein est un Réfugié, which enjoyed a good number of selections all over the world in 2010-2011. The film is being produced by Entre Chien et Loup, which is also gearing up to begin the shoot for the next film by Sam Garbarski (Irina Palm [+see also:
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, A Distant Neighbourhood [+see also:
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), David und Die Teilacher, in the coming weeks, which stars such names as Moritz Bleibtreu. Don't Tell Her is being co-produced by RTBF, Proximus, Other Angle Pictures in France and Orange Studio, and has received backing from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and Wallimage. The shoot, which is currently in full swing, will continue in Brussels until mid-October. The movie will be distributed in Belgian theatres by Cinéart.

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(Translated from French)

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