22/01/2008

Shooting on La très très grande entreprise (“The Very Very Big Business"), the 13th feature by Pierre Jolivet (Zim and Co. [+see also:
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The film, which looks at the battle of ordinary citizens against a polluting multinational, stars Roschdy Zem, Marie Gillain, Jean-Paul Rouve and Adrien Jolivet.

Co-written by the director and Simon Michaël, La très très grande entreprise centres on the pollution of a lake caused by a large agrochemical group with a turnover of €9m. But a group of friends who live by the lake (a blue-collar worker, an oyster-farmer, a restaurateur and an accountant’s assistant) decide to launch a campaign against the company. If not impossible, their mission turns out to be extremely difficult.

Produced by Charles Gassot for Produire à Paris, the film has co-production support and pre-sales from France 2 Cinéma.

Shooting will take place in Paris until February 12, then in the South of France from February 15-March 22.

Also co-producing, Pathé will release the film domestically in the last quarter of 2008 and handle international sales.

(Translated from French)