26/09/2014 - The Danish star of Borgen is getting ready to appear in a French film staged by Albertine Productions

On 3 October, the shoot will kick off for the ninth feature film by Christian Vincent, L'hermine [+see also:
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According to the director, the story will revolve around “the president of a criminal court in the twilight of his career, who is alone and feared by everyone. The story kicks off the day before a trial, and during the hearing, something will happen that will change everything.” Indeed, sitting on the jury of a case that he has to rule on is a woman who he met many years back...

Coming to fame with La discrète (winner of the César Awards for Best Debut and Best Writing in 1991, selected in the Venice Critics’ Week), Christian Vincent also has Beau fixe (which garnered two nominations for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 1993), La séparation (nominated for the César Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress in 1995), Four Stars [+see also:
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Produced by Matthieu Tarot for Albertine Productions, L'hermine will be filmed in Saint-Omer (in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) as well as in a studio (in the Paris region). The full set of partners involved in the film will be made public at a later date.

(Translated from French)