21/06/2024 - Alban Lenoir, Dali Benssalah, Anouk Grinberg and Sonia Faidi star in this Inoxy Films and Gaumont production, with world sales also managed by the latter

Actors Alban Lenoir (© agencesartistiques.com) and Dali Benssalah (© Arno Lam)

Having kicked off on 14 May, filming on Olivier Schneider’s second feature film, The Orphans, is continuing in South-West France where it’s due to wrap at the end of July. Well-known in the film industry as a stunt coordinator and fight choreographer (having worked on Taken [+see also:
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His new opus stars Alban Lenoir (nominated for the 2016 Acting Revelation Lumière via French Blood [+see also:
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Penned by Nicolas Peufaillit (awarded the Best Screenplay César in 2010 for A Prophet) together with Olivier Schneider, Alban Lenoir and Jean-André Yerles, the story revolves around Gabriel and Idriss whose lives have taken very different directions since an argument. Gab is a cop in Internal Affairs who plays by the books. Driss is a fixer for the mob who sells his services to the highest bidder. They’re brought back together by the brutal death of Sofia, their childhood friend from the orphanage. Killed in a car accident, Sofia leaves behind Leïla, her 17-year-old daughter. Determined to find the killer, Leïla unwittingly tracks down the son of a ruthless businesswoman who relies on vicious henchmen to protect her family’s secrets. With no time to settle their personal scores, the two orphans must now join forces to find Leïla before she commits an irredeemable act…

Produced by Rémi Leautier on behalf of Inoxy Films and by Rémi Cervoni for Gaumont (who are also steering international sales), The Orphans will be shot in Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the surrounding Basque country area, with Maxime Cointe heading up photography.

(Translated from French)