19/09/2024 - Milo Machado-Graner and Jane Beever are leading the cast of the French director’s debut feature film, produced by Iliade & Films and Remembers, and sold by Playtime

Actor Milo Machado-Graner and actress Jane Beever

Having kicked off on 19 August, filming on Adieu monde cruel - the first feature film by director Félix de Givry (known as a producer and actor since he notably held the lead role in Eden) - wrapped on 7 October.

The cast is led by youngsters Milo Machado-Graner (nominated for 2024’s Best Newcomer César and Acting Revelation Lumière via Anatomy of a Fall [+see also:
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Written by Marie-Stéphane Imbert (Marguerite’s Theorem [+see also:
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Adieu monde cruel is produced by Manon Messiant on behalf of Iliade & Films and by Félix de Givry and Ugo Bienvenu for Remembers, in co-production with Belgian outfit Umedia. Likewise supported by the Normandy region, Chanel and Procirep-Angoa, the feature film was shot over seven weeks, with Tara-Jay Bangalter heading up photography. International sales are steered by Playtime and distribution in French cinemas by Diaphana.

(Translated from French)