Reda Kateb’s life is turned upside down in Qui vive
- At the end of April, this rising star will begin filming Marianne Tardieu’s fist feature film, with Adèle Exarchopoulos and Rashid Debbouze
A trafficking gypsy in A Prophet [+see also:
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The cast also features Adèle Exarchopoulos (recently discovered in Des morceaux de moi [+see also:
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Written by the director (who started out as a cinematographer and directed the medium-length movie Les gueules noires) and Nadine Lamari (who notably co-signed the screenplays of Where is Madame Catherine? and Little Indi [+see also:
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Produced by Céline Maugis and Christophe Delsaux for La Vie est Belle Films Associés, Qui vive benefits amongst other things from an advance on receipts from the CNC and funding from the Pays de la Loire and Brittany regions, where filming will take place (notably in Guérande and Nantes). French distribution is in the final stages of negotiations.
La Vie est Belle Films Associés is also carrying another first feature film in post-production: Deux temps, Trois mouvements by Christophe Cousin (article).
(Translated from French)
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