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PRODUCTION / FUNDING France

Yvan Attal wraps filming on Breaking Point

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- Guillaume Canet, Marie-Josée Croze, Maïwenn and Victor Belmondo star in the actor-director’s new movie, produced by Curiosa Films

Yvan Attal wraps filming on Breaking Point
Actor Guillaume Canet (© Gil Zetbase), actress Marie-Josée Croze (© Georges Biard), actor-director Yvan Attal, actress Maiwenn (© Georges Biard) and actor Victor Belmondo (© Arno Lam)

Yvan Attal has wrapped filming on Breaking Point, his 8th directorial effort after My Wife is an Actress [+see also:
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(nominated for the 2002 Best First Film César), … And They Lived Happily Ever After (2004), Le Brio [+see also:
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(boasting 1.1 million admissions in France by the end of 2017, and nominated three times at the 2018 Césars - notably within the Best Film category - scooping the Best Female Newcomer to boot), My Stupid Dog [+see also:
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(2019) and The Accusation [+see also:
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(screened out of competition in Venice 2021 and nominated for the Best Adaptation César in 2022), to name just a few.

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The cast includes Guillaume Canet (whom we’ll be seeing next year in Asterix & Obélix: The Middle Kingdom [+see also:
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, due for release in France on 1 February, and in Eau Forte), the director himself, Marie-Josée Croze (awarded the Best Actress trophy in Cannes 2003 for The Barbarian Invasions and recently well-received in MILF [+see also:
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and For The Ones We Loved [+see also:
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), Yvan Attal himself, Maïwenn (currently touring cinemas in Our Ties [+see also:
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, hitting cinemas again on 25 January via Neneh Superstar and later on in 2023 by way of Jeanne du Barry [+see also:
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) and Victor Belmondo (Drift Away [+see also:
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).

The story revolves around a man who unintentionally kills his mistress during an argument. It’s an accident. As a result of – or thanks to (?) – a particular set of circumstances, the evidence points towards somebody else: his best friend’s wife. Will his fear of being arrested, the consequences of his cowardice and the weight of his guilt force him to accept reality and give himself up?

Production is entrusted to Olivier Delbosc on behalf of Curiosa Films and to Films sous Influence (owned by the director). The 35-day film shoot, which kicked off in October, unfolded in the Sud and Ile-de-France regions, as well as in Châteauroux, with Rémy Chevrin heading up photography (who was nominated for the 2015 Best Cinematography Lumière by way of To Life [+see also:
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, and is now on his 5th film with the director). The film’s full list of partners will be revealed at a later date.

For the record, Curiosa Films is overseeing post-production on André Téchiné’s Les âmes soeurs [+see also:
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 (in cinemas on 29 March 2023) and Delphine Deloget’s Rien à perdre [+see also:
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.

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(Translated from French)

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