15/03/2022 - The actor is joined by Laetitia Dosch as the lead in the second feature from the director of The Swarm, produced by Bonne Pioche with Pathé, which is also handling international sales

Since 7 March, Just Philippot has been shooting Acid [+see also:
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interview: Just Philippot
film profile] (Critics' Week at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, nominated for the César and Lumière awards for best debut film in 2022).


The cast includes Guillaume Canet (recently seen in La belle époque [+see also:
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interview: Nicolas Bedos
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film profile], and who will be seen in February 2023 in Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom [+see also:
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film review
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interview: Léonor Serraille
film profile], who is also great in, among other films, Simple Passion [+see also:
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interview: Danielle Arbid
film profile], and will be in theatres on 4 May in Petite leçon d'amour, and afterwards will be seen in Zone libre and Reprise en main) and Patience Munchenbach (discovered in The Bare Necessity [+see also:
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interview: Erwan Le Duc
film profile]).

Written by the director and Yacine Badday (Skies of Lebanon [+see also:
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interview: Émilie Aussel
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​​Produced by Yves Darondeau and Clément Renouvin for Bonne Pioche Cinéma and by Jérôme Seydoux and Ardavan Safaee for Pathé Films, Acid is co-produced by the Belgians of Umedia. Supported by the CNC (via the advance on receipts and aid for genre films), the Ile-de-France region and Wallimage, the feature will be distributed in France and sold internationally by Pathé.


As a reminder, Bonne Pioche Cinéma (at the end of January, Federation Entertainment took a 51% stake in the company) has in post-production Du crépitement sous les néons by FGKO (produced with Logical Pictures - read the article), The Snow Must Go On [+see also:
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film profile] by Stéphane Cazes and Blanquita by Fernando Guzzoni (produced with Chile, Poland and Luxembourg - sold by New Europe Film Sales).

(Translated from French)