04/12/2017 - Thomas Scimeca, Basil Meuilleurat and Agathe Bonitzer are among the cast of the feature debut by Maxime Matray and Alexia Walther, being staged by Ecce Films

Currently in the editing bay after principal photography took place between late September and late October, Blonde Animals [+see also:
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interview: Maxime Matray, Alexia Walther
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interview: Frédéric Dubreuil
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interview: Laurent Larivière
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interview: Alain Guiraudie
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film profile], also giving a tremendous performance in Coming Home [+see also:
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interview: Laura and Clara Laperrousaz
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Written by the directors themselves, the story revolves around Fabien, a sitcom star who had his 15 minutes of fame in the 1990s, who drinks far too much to be able to remember everything he does, and who is shocked by very little these days. And so, when he crosses paths with Yoni, he is not particularly surprised to discover the head of another young man in the bag of this young soldier with tears streaming down his face – a head that is as handsome as a dream, as a memory, as a reproach...

Produced by Emmanuel Chaumet for Ecce Films, Blonde Animals has secured a co-production by Swiss outfit Garidi Films, a pre-purchase by Ciné+ and support from the Procirep and the Angoa. The feature will be distributed in France by UFO Distribution and sold abroad directly by Ecce Films.

As a reminder, Ecce Films, which has such titles as In Bed With Victoria [+see also:
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interview: Justine Triet
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film profile] by Justine Triet, Kiss and Cry [+see also:
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film profile] by Chloé Mahieu and Lila Pinell, The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu [+see also:
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film profile] by Antonin Peretjatko and Apnée by Jean-Christophe Meurisse to its credit, will release The Wild Boys [+see also:
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interview: Bertrand Mandico
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interview: Benjamín Naishtat
film profile] by Benjamin Naishtat (a co-production with Argentina, Brazil, Germany and the Netherlands - Ecce Films also produced the director’s previous film, History of Fear [+see also:
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film profile], which was revealed in competition at Berlin in 2014) in post-production, and will start principal photography for Yves [+see also:
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interview: Benoît Forgeard
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(Translated from French)