05/03/2003 - Virginie Ledoyen and Lou Doillon star in a supernatural story set in 1960 in France skedded to go into production on 7 April directed by Pascal Laugier

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Pascal Laugier's directorial feature debut, Saint-Ange (he also wrote the screenplay) has a strong cast, headed by two of France’s most talented young actresses, Virginie Ledoyen (The Beach and 8 Women [+see also:
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Produced by Richard Grandpierre for Ekwad, a production company owned by StudioCanal, with Christophe Gans (The Company of Wolves) as the project’s associate producer. Saint-Ange is about a series of supernatural phenomena that take place in a former orphanage in a deserted mountainous region of France in the 1960s. The film will go into production for 11 weeks as of 7 April and will be distributed by Mars Distribution.
Saint-Ange will also be one of the first French fantasy films and represents a challenge for its two stars. Virginie Ledoyen, who is riding a wave of huge popularity, and has a new film, Bon Voyage [+see also:
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(Translated from French)