Peter Dourountzis is shooting Vultures
- Sami Bouajila, Mallory Wanecque, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Valérie Donzelli, Andréa Bescond and Stefan Crepon feature in the cast of this production by 24 25 Films and Oriflamme, sold by Ginger & Fred
Discovered with Rascal [+see also:
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interview: Rachid Bouchareb
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Also in the cast are Jean-Pierre Darroussin (nominated for the Best Actor César in 1999 and 2008; remarkable recently in All Your Faces [+see also:
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interview: Agathe Riedinger
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interview: Cédric Kahn
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Written by Dourountzis, the script centres on a father and his daughter; Samuel, a journalist, and Ava, his intern, are covering the murder of a young girl attacked by acid for their magazine. Hit by the brutality of this murder, as well as by his daughter’s curiosity about the case, Samuel decides to lead an independent investigation, unbeknownst to his editor, and discovers troubling similarities with the murder of another woman…
Vultures is produced by Thibault Gast and Matthias Weber for 24 25 Films and by Christophe Delsaux for Oriflamme Films, and co-produced by France 2 Cinéma and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma. Pre-bought by France Télévisions and by Netflix, the feature will benefit from 34 days of shoot that will take place in the Rhône region, in Savoy and in Paris. International sales are handled by Ginger & Fred and distribution in French cinemas will be organised by Zinc.
As a reminder, 24 25 Films will be launching Barbès, little Algérie by Hassan Guerrar in French cinemas on 16 October (read the article).
(Translated from French)
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