01/08/2024 - Anna Mougalis, Frédéric Pierrot and Lars Mikkelsen also star in Yann Gozlan’s new movie, produced by Mandarin and Gaumont

Actress Cécile de France (© Maximilian Bühn)

Filming on Yann Gozlan’s Dalloway, which is due to wrap mid-August, has now entered the home straight. This will be the director’s 6th feature film after Caged [+see also:
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film profile] (667,000 admissions in France in 2015), Burn Out [+see also:
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The cast is led by Belgium’s Cécile De France (recently nominated for the Best Supporting Role César via Lost Illusions [+see also:
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interview: Maïwenn
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interview: Laurent Larivière
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interview: Ann Sirot & Raphael Balboni
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Adapted by Nicolas Bouvet-Levrard (who was nominated for 2022’s Best Original Screenplay César thanks to Black Box), Thomas Kruithof (Promises [+see also:
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Dalloway is produced by Éric and Nicolas Altmayer on behalf of Mandarin & Compagnie and by Gaumont (who are also steering international sales and distribution in France), in co-production with Belgian firms Panache Production and La Compagnie Cinématographique, and notably enjoys support from Wallimage and Screen.Brussels (35 of the 45 days spent filming will take place in the Belgian capital). Photography is entrusted to Manu Dacosse (awarded the 2015 Jury Prize in San Sebastián for Evolution [+see also:
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Q&A: François Ozon
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For the record, Mandarin & Compagnie are currently overseeing post-production on When Fall is Coming [+see also:
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(Translated from French)