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PRODUCTION France

"Noé's" Ark rides again

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- French company gets over its financial difficulties and announces a new film from Nadine Monfils for 2003 - Madame Edouard, starring John Malkovich and Michel Blanc

After paying a hefty fine, Noé Productions, directed by Frédérique Dumas and a new partner, Jacques Ouaniche, is firmly back on track with a number of ambitious new projects.
Right after winning the best foreign film Oscar with Danis Tanovic’s No Man’s Land [+see also:
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, Noé Productions hit some heavy financial turbulence and the company only began to see the light at the end of the tunnel after seven long months, and some timely help from independent producer, Jacques Ouaniche (Odessa Films and Lola Films).
Now the production duo, Dumas- Ouaniche, are in business again and have two major productions scheduled for 2003: Madame Edouard by Nadine Monfils, starring Michel Blanc, John Malkovich and Dominique Lavanant and coproduced by TPS and France 2 with a Euros4.5 million budget. Madame Edouard will be followed by Julia by Erick Zonca (La vie rêvée des anges), this film is currently in pre-production.

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(Translated from French)

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