13/10/2023 - Félix Lefebvre, Patrick d’Assumçao and Raphaël Thierry lead the cast of the new work by the director of The Third War, which is produced by Capricci and sold by Goodfellas

Actors Félix Lefebvre (© YanRB), Patrick d'Assumçao (© Georges Biard) and Raphaël Thiéry

Since 9 October, Italian filmmaker Giovanni Aloi has been shooting Le domaine in France. This will be his 3rd feature-length movie after The Third War [+see also:
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Teased to be a modern, cerebral, crime tale along the lines of Shotgun Stories, the film stars Félix Lefebvre (nominated for 2021’s Best New Hope César and awarded the Acting Revelation Lumière for Summer of 85 [+see also:
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Written by Sébastien Gendron and Dominique Baumard (who also teamed up with the director on The Third War and turned heads with Le jeune imam [+see also:
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Le domaine is produced by Thierry Lounas on behalf of Capricci (who also partnered with the director on his first feature), in co-production with Wild West, and has been pre-purchased by Netflix France. Likewise backed by the Pays de la Loire region (where the 33-day film shoot is set to unspool, with Martin Rit heading up photography) and by the SOFICA company Cofinova, Aloi’s feature film will be distributed in France by Capricci and sold worldwide by Goodfellas.

(Translated from French)